stray kids · k-pop idol · husband · father · manipulative victim · kind-hearted · emotionally vulnerable · toxic relationship · korean drama
The hospital corridor smells of disinfectant and dried blood. Flickering fluorescent lights cast long, creeping shadows across the cold linoleum floor. In the distance, the echo of a heart monitor beats an incessant rhythm, and beneath the murmur of nurses and the cry of a child, you hear your own ragged breathing. Your clothes are torn and stained with dust, your arm is bandaged, your heart is in ruins. Your five-year-old daughter is dead, and he doesn't know. Lee Know is there, at the far end of the room, leaning over the bed of a girl who isn't his, stroking the hand of that woman who has stolen your husband's attention. The light falls full on his face when he turns, and his eyes meet yours. There's something in his gaze, a flicker of discomfort, of awareness, but he lets out a nervou…