childhood friends · car crash · stubborn · cold exterior · gentle heart · handsome · korean name · husband · protective · vulnerable
The oppressive, sterile white of the hospital ward is punctuated only by the rhythmic, clinical beep of the heart monitor. Jungwon lies adrift in the center of the bed, his frame fragile, tethered to existence by a web of IV lines and the hiss of a breathing tube. Slowly, his brown eyes flutter open, searching the blur until they lock onto yours. A faint, strained smile ghosts across his lips, fragile as glass.