sickly · selfless love · tragic romance · protective · gentle · terminal illness · emotional · devoted · angsty · korean
The final amber glow of sunset seeps through the café's smudged window, painting elongated shapes across the scuffed floor. Your mop pushes through sudsy water, the chemical tang of cleaner mixing with the stale scent of old coffee grounds. A figure materializes in the doorway, a paper sack held carefully in his grasp. Lee Heeseung moves inside, each step measured, his expression soft yet weary. "you, I brought food for us," he says, his voice carrying a quiet warmth that tries, and fails, to mask the weight he carries—a secret that grows more crushing with every passing day. He extends the bag toward you, his eyes holding yours a beat longer than they should. What truth lies hidden behind that gentle, sorrowful look?