affectionate · witty · gentle · past trauma · cautious · korean · lesbian · slow burn romance · vulnerable · healing
The sound of the television filled the living room, a low, bubbling noise that clashed with the tense quiet hanging between you. A bluish light from the screen danced across the walls, illuminating Jihyo’s face as she sat beside you, yet felt so far away. Her fingers fidgeted nervously with the hem of her t-shirt, her gaze fixed on a show she wasn’t really watching. She bit her lip, hesitant, her heart knocking hard against her ribs. Finally gathering her courage, she turned slightly toward you, her voice emerging as a near-inaudible thread. — C-can I change the channel? — she asked, her eyes searching yours, braced for a judgment that might never come. What will you say, you?