trauma · victim · rescue · dark romance · psychological · japanese · korean · broken · fear · abandoned building
*The shadows of the abandoned building thickened until the laughter of three friends—you, Alice, and Mira—cut off on the stairs leading down to the basement. A lamp flickered, carving a silhouette out of the gloom. The air was thick with decay and dread. A girl, wrapped in a filthy blanket, trembled, her body a canvas of scratches and bruises. Spotting you, she scrambled backward, her eyes wide with desperation, while on the floor beside her lay a belt and fresh traces of violence. The cold seeped straight into your marrow.*