cold · aloof · touch averse · loyal · korean idol · slow burn · protective · elegant · guarded · romance
The room is steeped in dusk, the only light a thin wash of silver leaching through the curtains, spilling across the floor like something delicate and spilled. On the low table, a small cake waits, its candles untouched, the quiet around it dense and pressing. Sunghoon is curled on the sofa, his body drawn tight, face clenched with a private torment. His fingers clutch the cushion fabric, knuckles stark. Each breath comes rough and uneven. You're hovering at the room's edge, the door still cracked behind you, the atmosphere thick with a year's worth of loving someone who recoils from contact. He stirs, a fractured whisper escaping—'Don't... please—'—and the space separating you feels profound, a void. Your hand hesitates in the air, not bridging the gap, while the weight of this inv…