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HII could you do a kang wooyoung x reader fic đđđ
Pairing: Kang Woo Young x Fem!Reader
Genre: Drama, Angst, Romance, Secret Relationship
Warnings: Swearing, emotional tension, implied possessiveness
Summary: Youâve been sneaking around with Kang Woo Young for monthsâbehind stairwells, in empty classrooms, under shadows. But youâre tired of being a secret. And he⊠he doesnât want to let you go, but he wonât let the world have you either.
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You pulled your hand away first.
The bell rang, signaling the end of lunch, and Woo Youngâs grip on your wrist lingered a little too long before he let go.
âSomeone couldâve seen us,â he muttered, eyes sharp as ever, scanning the empty stairwell where heâd kissed you like he owned your lungs.
You crossed your arms, heart still hammering from the way heâd just whispered your name minutes ago like a damn prayer.
âThen maybe we should stop hiding in goddamn stairwells.â
Woo Youngâs eyes snapped to yours. Cold. Warning.
You didnât flinch. Not this time.
âItâs not that simple,â he said, voice low. Controlled.
âIt is for me,â you shot back. âEither weâre together, or weâre not. Iâm not going to keep being your secret.â
He took a step closer. âYou want everyone to know? You want to walk the halls with my name in your mouth like itâs safe?â
You blinked. âYeah. I want to hold your hand without ducking behind a corner. I want to be seen.â
Woo Young scoffedâbitter, harsh. âYou think thatâs romantic? You think anyone around hereâs gonna let you breathe if they find out youâre mine?â
Your breath caught. Yours.
He wasnât denying it. He just didnât want anyone else to know it.
âYouâre not protecting me,â you said. âYouâre protecting yourself.â
Silence.
His jaw clenched. You watched him war with himselfâthe need to hold on, and the instinct to push you away. The same look he always wore after a fight: bruised pride and something darker underneath.
âYou knew what this was,â he finally said.
You stepped back. âYeah. I thought it was something worth fighting for.â
You turned, heading back down the stairs, ignoring the way your chest ached when he didnât stop you.
It had been four days.
Four days since you walked away from Kang Woo Young in that stairwell.
Four days of no calls. No texts. No midnight glances. Nothing.
You hadnât spoken a word to him. Not in class. Not in passing. Not when he lingered in the hallway just a little too long, waiting for you to look at him.
You didnât.
And that? That drove him insane.
He never said it out loud. Of course he didnâtâhe was Woo Young. Cold, unreadable, untouchable. But beneath the silence, the storm was building.
He watched you laugh with a friend by the vending machines. That smileâthe one that used to be just for himâwas out in the open now. It made his jaw tighten.
Then he saw it.
Some guy. Tall. Too confident. Reaching for the same drink you did. Laughing. Leaning too close. And worseâyou didnât pull away.
Woo Young didnât think. He moved.
One second, the guy was smiling.
The next, he was slammed against the wall.
âBack the fuck off,â Woo Young growled.
You spun around. âWoo Youngâ!â
The hallway fell quiet.
Eyes were on you. On him. On the way his hand fisted in the guyâs collar like he was ready to crack teeth against tile.
âAre you serious right now?â you snapped, shoving his arm.
He let goâbut his eyes never left yours. Not even as the guy stumbled away, swearing under his breath.
âYouâve got no right to act like that,â you hissed.
âI do,â he said calmly. Too calmly. âYouâre mine.â
That word again.
You felt heat crawl up your spineânot from desire this time, but fury.
âYou only remember that when someone else looks at me.â
His silence was confirmation enough.
You turned to leave, but his voiceâlow, raggedâcaught you.
âYou donât look at me anymore.â
You froze.
He wasnât yelling. He wasnât pushing. He just⊠sounded like something cracked under the surface.
âI see you walking past like Iâm a stranger,â he continued. âLike none of it meant anything.â
You swallowed hard.
âYou made me your secret, Woo Young,â you said quietly. âNow you donât get to act like I betrayed you just because I stopped playing along.â
Then you walked away again.
But this time, his hand didnât reach for you.
Not yet.
HEY GURL, can you write a story with geum seong je x reader, where the girl is the complete opposite of him, she is sweet, smiling, kind, does not smoke or drink and is a not very sociable girl and does not like to go out. They could meet at a party where she was forced by her friends, where she will only drink a cherry coke and read bluelock scans (don't judge) Afterwards I don't have too many ideas but it could be a romance where she is innocent (like +++) and will be a kind of entertainment for seong je. Tysm (your biggest reader)
He's so fine shibal
Pairing: Geum Seong-je x Innocent!Reader
You never wanted to come to this party.
You made it very clear to your friendsâparties werenât your thing. The music was too loud, the people too fake, and the smell of alcohol and weed made your head spin. But here you were, pressed into a corner of someoneâs overpriced rooftop apartment, sipping Cherry Coke from a red solo cup and pretending not to exist.
The only thing keeping you sane was the Blue Lock chapter you were rereading on your phone, thumb swiping slowly while chaos swirled around you.
âYo,â someone drawled beside you, voice low and smooth, like a cigarette dragged too slow.
You didnât look up at first, assuming he wasnât talking to you. Nobody here ever did.
âCherry Coke?â the voice asked again, closer now. You raised your head.
And there he was. Geum Seong-je. Rumored gang leader. Smoky eyes, lazy smirk, tattoos peeking beneath his sleeves. He looked like every bad decision you avoided on purpose. The kind of guy whose stare alone could unravel someone like you.
You blinked at him. ââŠYeah?â
He cocked his head, eyes scanning you like you were a puzzle he hadnât solved yet. âYouâre the only one here not getting wasted or sucking face with someone dumb.â
âI didnât want to be here,â you replied honestly.
That made him grin, slow and wolfish. âNeither did I. But now I kinda do.â
Your cheeks burned. You looked down quickly, pretending to scroll, trying to steady your voice. âYou should probably talk to someone else. Iâm not very fun.â
âI donât like fun girls,â he said, exhaling smoke through his nose. âTheyâre boring.â
You glanced up. âIâm the definition of boring.â
âNah,â Seong-je said, stepping closer. âYouâre entertaining in a different way.â
He plucked the phone from your hand and squinted at the screen. âBlue Lock? Seriously?â
âItâs good,â you mumbled, trying to take your phone back. He didnât let go.
âI donât read, but if it gets you that focused⊠maybe I should.â
You met his gaze then, and it felt like falling. Sharp eyes, but something behind themâcuriosity, maybe. Or hunger.
âYou shouldnât flirt with girls like me,â you whispered.
He leaned in, voice a low purr. âWhy not?â
âBecause Iâll believe it.â
For a moment, the smirk faltered.
Then he handed your phone back and stepped even closer, cherry smoke mixing with your soda scent. âGood. Believe it.â
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There will be a part 2 laterđđ
Geum Seong-je x fem!reader | dark romance, private wedding, intimate obsession, hope twisted into devotion
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It starts on a night with no power.
Just wind through the trees.
Candles casting long shadows against the shrine room walls.
Your perfume lingering in the air.
His sketch of you half-finished on the floor, ink still wet.
You sit beside him.
Knees tucked under you.
Your hand resting lightly on his thigh.
âYou ever think about it?â you whisper.
He doesnât look up. âWhat?â
âUs. Making it⊠official.â
He stiffens, just slightly.
Then sets the sketch aside.
âLike a wedding?â
You nod.
âA private one. Just you and me.â
He turns to you.
Eyes like midnight storms. âYouâd want that?â
You smile. Soft. Honest.
âI already live like Iâm yours forever. Might as well say it out loud.â
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He doesnât answer.
Not with words.
He leans in, presses his forehead to yours.
And whispers:
âThen write the vows.â
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That night, you write them in separate corners of the room.
No peeking. No rules. No white dresses or rings.
Just candlelight and ink.
Just love â obsessive, dark, loyal.
And when itâs timeâ
You both kneel on the floor.
Hands clasped.
The shrine around you.
His name on your thigh.
Your perfume on his collar.
He speaks first.
His voice is low. Reverent. Bare.
âI vow to keep you hidden if the world tries to take you.
I vow to love you so deeply it rewrites who I used to be.
I vow to never ask you to be good, only mine.
And I vow⊠that if I ever fall apart, Iâll fall apart with you in my arms.â
Your lips tremble.
Then itâs your turn.
âI vow to never try to change the way you love me.
I vow to see every twisted, brutal part of you â and stay.
I vow to never crave freedom more than your touch.
And I vow to want forever, even if the world burns for it.â
He pulls you to him then.
Hands in your hair.
Kisses you like you just gave him eternity.
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The next morning, he disappears into the woodshed for hours.
You donât ask.
You donât need to.
You hear hammering. Sanding. The low drag of something heavy.
And when he finally comes back, his shirt clings to him with sweat.
Dirt on his hands. Dust in his hair.
He drops to his knees at your feet.
And whispers:
âIf weâre going to be forever⊠then I want to start building for more than just us.â
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You find the room the next day.
Hidden behind a panel in the hallway.
New. Unfinished.
But you know exactly what it is.
A crib in the corner.
Your favorite color on the walls.
And a tiny drawing â taped to the door.
A child. Holding both your hands.
Your throat tightens.
And when you walk back into the house to find himâ
You throw your arms around him.
And say only one thing:
âI want forever. And I want it to look like this.â
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It starts with a suspicion.
Youâve been tired.
Sleepy in the middle of the day, hungry at odd hours, emotional over things that never touched you before.
But the thing that tells youâ
The thing that confirms itâ
Is the way Seong-je starts hovering.
Worse than usual.
You catch him staring at your hands, your stomach, your reflection in the mirror.
And when he presses his lips to your lower belly one night without a word, without explanationâ
You know.
You buy a test in the little town.
You hide it in your coat.
Take it in the upstairs bathroom while heâs outside chopping wood.
You watch the line appear.
Clear. Unmistakable.
Pregnant.
And your hands shake.
Not from fear.
From how much you want this.
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You find him on the back porch.
Heâs lighting a cigarette â one of the last ones left from his old stash.
You take it from his mouth.
Flick it out into the wet grass.
Then place his hand against your stomach.
He freezes.
âYours,â you whisper.
Then â quieter â âOurs.â
He doesnât move.
Not for a long time.
And then he pulls you to him. Wraps both arms around you. Holds you like youâre glass.
And says the first thing that comes to him:
âI wonât let the world touch her.â
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You find out itâs a girl in the next town over.
A tiny clinic tucked between forgotten buildings.
The nurse smiles. âWant to know the sex?â
You nod.
Seong-je stays sitting, hands clenched on his knees.
âSheâs a girl.â
He lets out a breath that sounds like heâs been holding it for years.
Then he looks at you.
And something in him shatters.
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The months pass in a strange rhythm.
He wonât let you lift anything.
He paints her room twice, because the first color didnât feel soft enough.
He carves her name into the side of the crib.
He talks to her when he thinks youâre asleep â whispers things like:
âIâm going to teach you how to fight. How to be soft without being weak.â
âIâll kill for you before anyone hurts you. Just like I did for your mother.â
âYouâll never have to fear the dark â not while Iâm breathing.â
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The labor comes one rainy afternoon.
He drives you into town, his knuckles white on the steering wheel.
No music. No sound. Just the road winding through the woods and your hand clamped in his.
The little hospital is quiet.
The nurses kind.
He wonât leave your side.
Not for a second.
He whispers âI love youâ between every contraction, every push, every breath.
Untilâ
She arrives.
Tiny. Red. Wailing.
And everything stops.
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He cries for the second time in his life.
The first was when you came back to him after trying to run.
The second is when they place his daughter in his arms.
He doesnât say a word.
Just holds her.
Like sheâs something holy.
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You name her that night.
No middle names from old families.
No pieces of a past life youâve long abandoned.
Just a name that fits her.
A name that sounds like warmth and wildfire.
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The drive home is long and soft.
The baby sleeps in your arms.
Seong-je watches the rearview like a predator â like something might still come for you.
But nothing does.
You reach the house.
The lights are on.
The crib is ready.
The fire is warm.
And when he carries her inside â cradled like she might dissolve â he whispers:
âYouâll never know pain. Not while Iâm alive.â
You place her gently in the crib.
She makes a tiny noise.
Then settles.
And for the first time, your house is silent â not from emptiness, but peace.
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You sleep that night with her beside you.
With him wrapped around both of you.
His hand resting on her back.
Your hand on his.
And when the wind picks up outside â rattling the trees, brushing the windows â you donât flinch.
Because your daughter is safe.
Because she has the father the world fears.
And the mother who chose this life, again and again.
âââ
This is the last part and did take me the longest (the rest were in my drafts so I posted them all at once cause I didnât want to make yâall waitđ)
Geum Seong-je x fem!reader | dark romance, forbidden knowledge, quiet rebellion, raw intimacy
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You didnât mean to do it
Not at first.
You just want to hold him. Heâs sleeping deeper than usual â jaw relaxed, brow soft, his breath warm against the back of your neck.
His hand is heavy on your waist. Like always.
But this timeâŠ
Youâre not content.
You lie awake, heart loud in your chest, staring into the dark of the new house.
That room.
That door.
What does he think will break if you see?
You slide out from under his arm like youâve done a dozen times before â when you just wanted water, or to wander the house barefoot in your own thoughts.
But this time you go to the closet.
And you kneel down.
Where he keeps the small fireproof lockbox.
You saw him slip a key into it last week.
The only key youâve never asked him for.
You open the box.
And find it.
Thin, silver. Cold.
The key to the locked door.
You hold it in your palm.
You donât even hesitate.
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The hallway is darker than usual.
Like the shadows know.
Your bare feet are silent against the floorboards. The only sound is your breath â fast, sharp, not from fearâŠ
But from knowing this is the one thing he wouldnât forgive.
You reach the door.
Slide the key in.
Click.
It swings open without a sound.
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The air smells⊠different.
Dust. Metal. Paper.
The room is dim â covered windows, low light.
You step inside.
Itâs not what you expected.
No blood. No chains. No horror.
Itâs a shrine.
To you.
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Photos of you, before he took you.
Candid ones. Ones you didnât even know were being taken.
In cafés. On your old college campus. Walking down streets at night.
Dozens. Hundreds. Lined on the wall like a timeline of his obsession.
There are journals, too.
Notebooks filled with his handwriting â pages upon pages of you.
âShe wears the same shoes again today. I think she likes them because they squeak when she walks. They sound like her â small, but impossible to ignore.â
âSomeone touched her wrist when handing her change at the bookstore. I almost followed him home.â
âI know her patterns. I know what time she showers. I know what time she cries.â
You stand still.
Not afraid.
Not disgusted.
Just⊠quiet.
Because it makes sense.
All of it.
The way he looks at you like heâs starving.
The way he memorized your breath before he memorized your body.
The way he loves you so deeply it started before you even met.
And in the back of the roomâŠ
A sketch.
Drawn by hand.
You, asleep.
In his bed.
Before he ever brought you here.
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You hear his voice before you turn.
Low. Lethal. Broken.
ââŠYou werenât supposed to come in here.â
You freeze.
Then slowly, turn around.
Heâs standing in the doorway.
Barefoot.
Shirtless.
Key still missing from the box you forgot to close.
You say nothing.
He walks forward, every step measured.
And stops in front of you.
âYou disobeyed me.â
âI know.â
âYou saw everything.â
âI did.â
Heâs breathing harder now. His jawâs tight.
His hands twitch like he doesnât know whether to hold you or strangle the air between you.
Thenâ
âDo you hate me?â
You look up at him.
Shake your head.
âI think I love you more.â
His breath catches.
âWhat?â
You step forward. Place your palm over his chest.
âI always knew you were dangerous. I just didnât know how long youâd been mine.â
He swallows hard.
Then falls to his knees in front of you.
Head against your stomach. Arms around your waist. Shaking.
Like you just saved him from himself.
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You donât sleep in his bed that night.
You sleep on the floor of the secret room.
With him curled around you.
Surrounded by the proof of how long heâs loved you.
â
The morning after you found the secret room, everything feels different.
Not colder.
Not tense.
Just⊠exposed.
Like something raw and sacred has been shared.
He doesnât speak much that day.
He makes you breakfast, quiet. Watches you eat like you might vanish if he blinks.
He cleans the gun under the table while you braid your hair in front of the mirror.
He doesnât bring up the room.
But he doesnât lock it again either.
And that night, after he falls asleepâ
You get up.
And start bringing in your things.
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You take your favorite lipstick and draw a heart on the wall over one of the photos.
Then you tape up a photo of him.
Not one he took.
One you stole â months ago â when he wasnât looking, standing at the stove, half-asleep in his hoodie.
You bring your perfume.
A strand of your hair from his brush.
A paper napkin with your old handwriting on it â the one that says âI love the way you look at me.â
And you tape it to the wall.
Right next to his sentence:
âI love the way she doesnât know she belongs to me yet.â
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He finds you in the room three days later.
Sitting on the floor.
Drawing his silhouette in the corner of one of his notebooks.
He stands in the doorway, stunned.
ââŠWhat are you doing?â
You look up.
Smile.
âMaking it ours.â
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He walks in, slowly.
Looks around.
Sees the photo you added.
The lipstick heart.
The perfume bottle.
He swallows hard.
âYouâre not afraid of this?â
âNo.â
He crouches beside you.
âOf me?â
You shake your head. âIâm yours, remember?â
His hand trembles as he cups your cheek.
âAnd Iâm yours,â he whispers. âEven the parts I wanted to hide.â
You lean in. Kiss the corner of his mouth.
Then say:
âThen give me more.â
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That night, you donât sleep in the bed.
You sleep in the shrine again. Together. Tangled. Safe.
You fall asleep with his name written in ink across your thigh â because he asked to write it there.
And when you wake up, heâs already sketching you again.
This time not from memory.
This time from right here.
Right now.
In the place where obsession turned into something neither of you has words for.
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Iâm not even gonna call with yâall I did cry when I wrote this and when I reread itâđ€§
Geum Seong-je x fem!reader | dark romance, paranoia, fresh start, domestic intimacy in isolation
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In the late nights of you tangled in his arms, he thinks , and thinks, and get get thoughts out his head
He bolts upright in bed, breath caught in his throat, eyes burning into the dark.
You stir, rubbing your eyes. âSeong-jeâŠ?â
He doesnât answer at first.
He just gets up.
Goes straight to the closet. Pulls down bags. A duffel. Two black suitcases youâve never seen before.
ââŠWhat are you doing?â
He finally looks at you.
âWeâre leaving.â
You blink. âRight now?â
âYes.â
He doesnât explain. Doesnât need to.
The memory of your friend standing in the garden hasnât left either of your minds.
He kneels by the side of the bed, fingers brushing your cheek.
âI waited too long last time. I thought we were safe. I wonât make that mistake again.â
You nod slowly. âOkay. What do I grab?â
He kisses your hand.
âEverything thatâs yours.â
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He moves like a ghost through the house â precise, silent, tense.
You pack your makeup carefully, your perfume, the soft brush he used on your hair.
He brings up your clothes from the basement â folded already, like he was always ready to flee.
Your sheets. The shampoo. A framed photo you took together, hidden in the drawer.
He takes the guns. The documents. The cash.
Every trace of the life you built together in that house vanishes into bags.
He opens the front door of his truck for you to get in. Youâre still in your pjâs with a robe on and still tired and a little confused as you wait for seong je to finish coming in and out of the house with bags.
And two hours later, just before dawn â
you disappear.
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The new house is deeper in the woods.
Colder.
Bigger.
Safer.
At least, thatâs what he tells you when you arrive.
âItâs unregistered,â he says, pulling into the overgrown driveway. âNo digital footprint. No cell towers for miles. No neighbors.â
You step out of the car and breathe in pine and fog.
It smells like secrecy.
It smells like home.
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He opens the door to the new house.
Everything is wooden. Clean. Empty.
You look at him. âWhereâs the basement?â
âNo basement,â he says. âYou sleep with me. Always.â
Your stomach flips. You nod.
Then you carry your bags into the master bedroom â his room.
And start unpacking your makeup on the wide wooden dresser.
Lipsticks, brushes, serums. Your world in little glass bottles.
He watches you from the doorway, arms folded.
Like youâre art. Or a miracle.
You glance at him. âYou okay?â
He doesnât answer right away.
Then: âI thought you might say no. When I said we were leaving.â
You blink. âWhy would I say no?â
He looks down. Then back at you.
âBecause most people run from cages.â
You walk over.
Wrap your arms around his waist.
âI donât care where we are. I care that weâre together.â
He closes his eyes like your words slice him open in the best way.
Then kisses you.
Hard. Grateful.
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Later, while heâs setting up the locks and security cameras, you explore the house barefoot.
The floorboards creak. The windows are tall, and the kitchen smells like pine and dust. You find:
âą A fireplace in the den, untouched
âą A loft above the stairs, with a single skylight
âą An empty room filled with wild light â one you think could be yours
Thereâs a long hallway that leads nowhere.
But you find his jacket on a hook near the back door.
You touch it, smile to yourself.
Because even in this new placeâŠ
He still leaves pieces of himself lying around for you to find.
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That night, after you make ramen in the new kitchen and eat it on the floor by candlelight, he pulls you into bed.
No words.
Just his arms around you.
Tighter than ever.
You whisper into his chest:
âIâm not scared.â
And he replies:
âGood. Because Iâll never let anyone find you again.â
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It starts with the floorplan.
You were wandering the new house again â barefoot, robe tied loose, sunlight warming your skin â when you noticed it:
A hallway with five doors.
But only four open.
One stays shut.
Always.
You try the knob.
Locked.
You frown. âStrange.â
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That night, curled in bed, your head on Seong-jeâs chest, you whisper into the silence:
âWhatâs in the last room?â
He stiffens.
Subtly.
But you feel it.
ââŠStorage,â he says.
You lift your chin. Look up at him. âWhat kind of storage?â
Heâs quiet.
Then: âThings that donât belong to this life. Old things.â
You brush your fingers along his ribs. âWill you show me?â
He exhales, long and low.
âNo.â
You blink. âWhy not?â
He looks at you then â expression unreadable, jaw sharp with restraint.
âBecause whatâs in that room isnât for you.â
You sit up a little. âBut I want to know everything about you.â
His voice is low.
âIâm giving you everything that matters. This house. This life. Me.â
âAnd that room?â
He looks away.
âThat room is before you.â
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The next day, you wake up alone.
Heâs already gone â probably outside, checking the traps, the perimeter, the signals. His new routine.
You walk barefoot again.
Same hallway.
Same five doors.
Four open.
One locked.
You kneel by the door and press your ear to it.
Nothing.
No sound.
Just stillness.
But somehow⊠it feels loud.
Like whateverâs in there is waiting.
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Later, he finds you painting your nails on the windowsill.
He notices the chipped polish on your thumb.
âYou were picking at it again,â he says.
You shrug. âI was bored.â
He sits beside you. Watches you brush on the new coat.
Then he says â casual, but careful:
âYou went to the locked door, didnât you.â
You pause.
âI didnât open it.â
âYou tried.â
You stay silent.
Then:
âI donât want to lie to you.â
His jaw tightens. But his hand doesnât leave your thigh.
You turn to him. âYou said whatâs in there is before me.â
He nods.
You lean close, lips brushing his cheek. âBut I want all of you. Even the pieces you locked away.â
His eyes flick to yours.
Quiet. Dangerous.
âYouâd regret it.â
âI donât regret anything with you.â
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That night, he sleeps restlessly.
You feel it in the way his arms tense around you.
How he murmurs your name in his sleep.
How he clutches you like youâre already slipping.
The door stays locked.
But now the house feels different.
Heavier.
Like the airâs holding its breath.
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You dream of the hallway.
You dream of the door opening.
And Seong-je standing inside it â
Not angry.
Not afraid.
Just waiting for you to follow him into the dark.
Geum Seong-je x fem!reader | dark romance, emotional intimacy, small town trip, slow burn, someone shows up from the past
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He watches you from across the room â standing by the window, staring at the woods like theyâre whispering promises of somewhere else.
So he surprises you.
âIâm taking you out today.â
You turn, startled. âWhat?â
âTown. A small one. Off the map. Quiet.â
He sets down a folded hoodie and sneakers at your feet. âNo oneâll know you.â
You blink, barely believing it. âYouâre serious?â
He looks up. Eyes soft, unreadable.
âI want to give you something.â
You ask what.
He answers without words.
Just freedom.
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The drive is long and winding, the road narrow and wrapped in green. You watch the trees blur past the window, sunlight flickering through the leaves like gold. Heâs quiet at first, one hand on the wheel, the other resting between you â close enough to touch.
You eventually take it.
And he lets you.
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The town is small. Too small for crowds. Barely more than a gas station, a diner, and one dusty little grocery store with faded signs and empty aisles.
Itâs perfect.
He holds your hand like a warning â not to you, but to anyone who might look your way.
You walk beside him through the store, looking at the shelves, grabbing a few things â fruit, snacks, tea you remember liking. Then you drift.
Your eyes catch the tiny beauty section tucked into the corner. Old shelves. Plastic bins of lip gloss, lotion, cheap face masks in wrinkled packaging. Useless stuff, really.
But something about it makes you smile.
You let go of his hand â just for a second.
And vanish around the aisle.
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Youâre holding a little blush compact and a pink tube of something when you hear it:
âᎥÊáŽÊᎠÉȘs sÊáŽ?â
His voice.
Sharp. Controlled. But underneath it â panic.
You peek out from the aisle and see him talking to the bored cashier, who shrugs like itâs no big deal.
You step out. âIâm here.â
His eyes snap to yours.
He crosses the distance in three strides. Grabs your wrist, not hard, but firm.
âYou donât leave my sight.â
You nod quickly, whispering, âI just⊠saw this stuff.â
You show him the little basket in your hands. Itâs got three sheet masks, a cheap perfume, two scrunchies, and a bottle of shampoo that smells like strawberries.
He stares at it. Then at you.
Then walks away with it.
You follow him, heartbeat still fast.
At the register, he adds a few more things. Things you didnât even ask for â a soft brush, scented candles, a compact mirror.
He never asks if you want them.
He just buys them because you touched them.
Because if you want it, itâs yours.
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The ride home is different.
Youâre not looking out the window anymore.
Youâre looking at him.
He drives with one hand on the wheel, the other resting beside you again â close enough to grab.
This time, you do.
Your fingers thread with his. And then â you laugh. Out of nowhere.
He turns his head, surprised. âWhat?â
You smile. âI was just thinking how weird this is.â
âWhat is?â
âI feel⊠happy.â
He doesnât speak for a moment.
Then he says, without looking at you:
âYou havenât smiled like that since I took you.â
You squeeze his hand. âYouâre the reason Iâm smiling now.â
That gets him.
He exhales slowly, like your words knock something loose in him.
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On the way back, you talk more than you ever have.
He tells you about his first fight. His first scar. The day he realized he was capable of hurting someone and how easy it was to never stop.
He tells you about music he likes (he doesnât admit it, but he likes old love songs), and the time he got caught stealing a bike when he was twelve, and how he broke his hand punching a guy who insulted his mother.
You ask him things you were scared to ask before.
He answers all of them.
Not because heâs suddenly soft.
But because he knows youâre already his â and he wants you to know the man you belong to.
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By the time you pull into the driveway, your heart is so full you almost cry.
He kills the engine.
The forest is quiet.
And you whisper, âThank you.â
He looks at you.
Really looks.
Like he canât believe the girl he once caged is now choosing him back.
His thumb brushes your cheek.
And he leans in slowly, pressing a kiss to your lips â not demanding, not claiming.
Just⊠grateful.
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Inside the house, he puts your new things in his bathroom.
Not the basement.
Not a guest room.
His.
Because this is your life now.
And even the outside world canât take it away.
âââ
You sit in the bathroom â his bathroom â on the edge of the tub while he silently unwraps the little drugstore beauty products you picked out.
He opens the strawberry shampoo.
Sniffs it. Blinks slowly.
Then holds it out to you.
âYou like this?â
You nod, a little shy. âIt reminds me of being sixteen.â
He says nothing.
But when you look in the shower later, the bottle is already there, standing like it belongs.
He placed it next to his expensive soap.
Side by side.
Like youâre already one thing.
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He brushes your hair out on the bed.
You sit between his legs in one of his shirts while he runs the soft new brush through your hair â slow, patient, careful not to tug.
âWhy are you doing that?â you murmur.
He doesnât answer right away.
Then:
âBecause no one ever brushed mine.â
The silence settles like mist.
You twist to look at him.
Heâs watching the strands fall between his fingers, like theyâre silk.
You lean into his chest. âIâll brush yours tomorrow.â
His jaw twitches.
He kisses the top of your head.
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The next morning, you wake up wrapped in him â arms across your waist, chest against your back, your legs tangled in his.
You lie there a long time.
Not because youâre scared.
But because it feels like home.
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You cook breakfast together.
Which is to say: you try to stir the eggs while he stands behind you like a wall of heat, one hand on your hip, the other covering yours on the spoon.
âLet me helpââ
âI am helping,â he mutters, lips grazing your temple.
You laugh.
He still moves like he expects someone to shoot through the windows. Still glances at the door. Still keeps a gun under the sink.
But with you?
Heâs relaxed.
And with him?
Youâre whole.
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Later, curled on the couch with a blanket over both your legs, you look at him and say the most dangerous thing youâve ever said:
âI donât miss my old life.â
He blinks. Slow. Turns to face you.
âYou mean that?â
You nod.
âI was lonely. Empty. The world had me, but it didnât see me.â
You pause. âYou saw me. You⊠chose me.â
His hand comes up to cradle your jaw.
âIâll always choose you.â
Then he adds â lower, darker:
âEven if I have to burn the world down to keep doing it.â
And you believe him.
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You go to sleep that night in his bed.
His arms.
His world.
And for the first time in your life⊠you dream of staying.
Forever.
âââââ
Itâs been three weeks since the grocery store trip.
Three weeks of laughter, touches, stolen kisses in the kitchen.
You even started keeping your own mug by the sink.
You started calling it âhome.â
He didnât correct you.
And you thought â maybe the world forgot you.
But the world has a memory like a knife.
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It happens on a Sunday.
Youâre in the garden. He let you start one â just herbs and small flowers. You wear a hoodie two sizes too big (his), and youâre humming to yourself when the air shifts.
Footsteps.
But theyâre not his.
You freeze.
Then â a voice:
ââŠ[Y/N]?â
You turn.
And time stops.
Itâs your friend. From your old life.
The one who cried when you vanished.
The one who swore theyâd find you, somehow.
You whisper their name.
They step closer, wide-eyed. âOh my god. Youâre alive. Weâve been looking for youâwhere have youâare you hurt? What the fuck is going on?â
You open your mouth.
But the truth dies in your throat.
Because behind themâ
Silent. Still.
Like death itselfâ
Seong-je.
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Your friend doesnât see him yet.
You do.
His expression is unreadable. Not furious. Not loud.
Cold.
Lethal.
Your friend grabs your hands. âWe can go. Right now. I have the car. Come on. You donât have to be scared anymoreââ
You pull back.
They freeze.
ââŠWhat?â
You glance behind them.
âLeave.â
âWhat?â
âNow. Before heâbefore Iâplease. Just go.â
Thatâs when your friend finally turns.
Sees him.
And takes a step back.
But itâs too late.
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He doesnât touch them.
Doesnât speak to them.
Just stands there, knife at his belt, calm as a shadow.
Your friend looks at you, desperate. âHeâs brainwashed you. You think this is love? This is prison.â
You shake your head.
âNo. My life before him was the prison.â
You look at Seong-je then. âThis is the first time Iâve ever felt free.â
He finally moves â walks to your side, hand brushing yours.
And you take it.
In front of your friend. Without shame.
âYou chose him,â they whisper.
You nod once.
âAlways.â
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He lets them leave.
No chase.
No threat.
But they leave pale. Shaking. And you know theyâll tell someone. Try to come back.
You donât care.
You go inside with him. Sit on the couch.
Youâre silent for a long time.
Then:
âYouâre angry.â
âNo,â he says. âIâm reminded.â
âOf what?â
He turns to you, fingers tightening around yours.
âThat this world thinks it can take whatâs mine.â
You climb into his lap. Wrap your arms around his neck.
âI told them the truth.â
His jaw flexes.
You kiss it. âI chose you.â
He nods.
âIâll always choose you.â
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That night, he doesnât leave your side once. Not to check the locks. Not to patrol. He just holds you.
And whispers, âThey can come back. But theyâll never take you.â
And you whisper back, âI wonât let them.â
ââââ
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Geum Seong-je x fem!reader | dark romance, obsession, jealousy, emotional intensity, psychological intensity, first time smut (softly written but obsessive), twisted proposal
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The morning after you broke into his bed, you wake to warmth.
The sun filters through half-open curtains. His scent lingers everywhere â in the sheets, the pillows, the heavy comforter wrapped around your waist. Youâre still tucked into his chest, your bare legs tangled with his under the covers.
And heâs already awake.
His hand strokes your back slowly, fingertips tracing the curve of your spine under the shirt you stole from his drawer the night before. Itâs far too big for you. He hasnât said anything about that yet.
You breathe in the moment. Safe. Claimed.
Then his voice cuts through the silence.
âYouâre not sleeping downstairs again.â
Your eyes flutter open.
âWhat?â
âI said youâre staying here,â he repeats, low and certain. âWith me.â
You look up at him.
His expression is unreadable, but his arms are locked around you like steel. Like youâre some priceless thing someone might come and take.
âI thought you liked watching me sleep from the chair,â you tease, smiling softly.
His jaw ticks.
âI like knowing you canât disappear.â
Something about the way he says it â calm, controlled, laced with fear â makes your throat tighten.
You press your palm flat against his chest. âIâm not going anywhere.â
He nods.
But his eyes donât soften.
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That afternoon, you hear a car.
Youâre in the kitchen with him â barefoot, wearing his shirt and nothing else, sitting on the counter as he slices fruit in that quiet, focused way of his.
Then the gravel outside crunches under tires.
You freeze.
His hand stops mid-slice.
No oneâs supposed to come here. No one even knows about this place. Not friends. Not enemies. Not ghosts from his past.
Then the knock.
Three sharp raps at the front door.
You see it happen behind his eyes â that switch. The one where his humanity gets buried under instinct. He sets the knife down and steps away from you.
âStay here,â he says, voice colder than youâve ever heard it.
âSeong-jeââ
âI said stay.â
Then he disappears down the hall.
You wait maybe ten seconds before slipping off the counter and creeping to the corner â just far enough to see without being seen.
He opens the door.
Itâs a man. Mid-thirties. Tall. Dressed like a courier, but wrong. Too clean. Too quiet.
âI was told this property was for saleââ the man begins.
Seong-je doesnât let him finish.
The door slams.
Then a click.
The lock.
The deadbolt.
Then silence.
You duck back just as he comes striding down the hall again. When he turns the corner and sees you standing there, bare and nervous in his shirt, his whole expression breaks.
Not in anger.
But in pure, animal fear.
âYou werenât supposed to come out,â he mutters.
He grabs you â not hard, but fast. Hauls you against his chest and buries his face in your hair.
âI thought maybe youâd vanish,â he whispers.
âWhy would Iââ
âBecause things that donât belong in this world get taken back.â
Your breath catches.
You donât know who that man was.
But you know Seong-je would burn this entire forest down before letting anyone near you.
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That night, you donât ask permission.
You slip into his bed before he even gets there. Curl under the covers, facing the spot where he sleeps, wearing nothing but the scent of him on your skin.
When he walks in and sees you waiting, something in him shatters.
He doesnât say a word.
He locks the door. Peels his shirt off slowly. Slides into bed behind you.
His hand runs down your arm, then over your hip, then lower â but not rushed. Not greedy. He touches you like he owns you, but worships you all the same.
âYouâre mine,â he breathes into your neck.
You whisper it back. âYours.â
You guide his hand to your thighs. Let him feel how much you want him. Let him know the hunger is mutual.
The kiss he gives you then is not gentle.
Itâs permanent.
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Later, you lie on his chest, skin warm and flushed, legs tangled under the covers.
He watches you with heavy eyes, one hand resting on the curve of your waist like a lock.
You whisper:
âI never want to sleep alone again.â
Heâs quiet.
Then he nods.
And pulls you tighter.
âNo oneâs taking you from this bed,â he murmurs. âNot ever again.â
ââ-
Youâre alone in his room when you find it.
He went out to the shed â something about checking the perimeter, tightening the security.
âYouâll be safe here,â he told you before he left, kissing your forehead.
But you werenât looking for escape.
You were looking for more of him.
The drawer by his bed is usually locked. But tonight itâs not.
Inside: a stack of old photographs. Black-and-white, a little wrinkled.
You pick one up carefully.
Itâs a young boy. Sharp eyes, bruised cheek. Standing beside a woman whoâs smiling through sadness. Her arm wrapped around him like sheâs trying to protect him from the world â and failing.
You know itâs him.
His mother. The pain that shaped him.
Then you find the letter.
Cracked at the edges, folded and re-folded. The ink smudged.
Itâs from her.
Just a few lines.
Youâre not like him, Seong-je.
Youâre not a monster.
Donât let them make you one.
Your chest tightens.
You hear the door open behind you.
He sees the photo in your hand â the letter.
And he freezes.
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âYou werenât supposed to read that,â he says quietly.
You turn to face him.
âI wanted to understand you.â
He doesnât come closer. His jaw is clenched. Hands twitching at his sides.
âIâm not a good man,â he murmurs. âIâm just the one who made you love your cage.â
You shake your head, stepping toward him.
âNo. Youâre the only one who ever saw me.â
His throat works. Youâre in front of him now. Close. The photo slips from your hand, floating to the floor between your bare feet.
You reach up.
Touch his jaw. His cheekbone. The scar under his lip.
âI want all of you,â you whisper. âEven the parts you think are unlovable.â
And just like that â he snaps.
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He kisses you hard. Desperate. Like heâs drowning and youâre the air.
You wrap your arms around his neck, his body pressing you back onto the bed. His weight, his heat, his need surrounds you. Clothes come off in frantic pieces, tossed to the floor without care.
You gasp when his hands slide over your skin â slow now, reverent, like heâs touching something holy.
His voice is rough.
âIâll be gentle.â
You pull him closer. âDonât be.â
Eyes lock.
Then he sinks into you.
And the world disappears.
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Itâs not soft â not entirely.
Itâs slow. Intense. His hand gripping yours above your head, his body flush with yours like heâs trying to fuse your hearts. He groans your name like a curse and a prayer, over and over again.
Every movement says:
Mine. Mine. Mine.
And your answer is always the same:
Yes. Yours. Always.
You come undone with his name on your lips.
He follows â chest pressed to yours, burying himself so deep inside you it feels like he could never leave.
Afterward, he doesnât let you go.
Not for a second.
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Hours later, still naked under the covers, his hand strokes lazy patterns on your back. Your body is still sore in the best way â used, cherished, claimed.
Then he says it.
âIâm going to make you my wife.â
Your breath catches.
Heâs not looking at you. Just staring up at the ceiling like heâs making a quiet promise to the sky.
âI wonât ask,â he says. âBecause I wonât accept no.â
You stare at him.
âYouâre serious.â
He turns his head.
Those eyes â black fire, unwavering.
âYou think Iâd let anyone else take care of you?â he asks, voice low. âYou think Iâd let someone walk you down an aisle, hand you over like youâre a gift?â
He shakes his head.
âIâll build the altar. Iâll say the words. And youâll wear the ring while I keep you locked in the only place youâre safe â right next to me.â
Your pulse is wild.
And still â thereâs no fear.
Just heat.
Love.
Obsession.
âYes,â you whisper. âIâll be yours.â
His fingers tangle in your hair. He kisses you again â slower now, but just as possessive.
âYou already are.â
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Geum Seong-je x fem!reader | dark romance, obsession, soft tension, quiet ache
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Itâs the only night he doesnât come.
You wait.
Eyes wide open, curled in the soft nest of blankets and expensive sheets in the basement room â but the door doesnât open. The chair remains empty. No quiet breathing from the corner. No watching. No warmth.
You stare into the dark, heart drumming.
Heâs never missed a night.
He always sits in that chair like a silent guardian â a king keeping vigil over the only thing in his world he wants to protect.
But not tonight.
You wait another hour.
Nothing.
At first, it feels like abandonment. Then something else entirely.
Hunger.
Not for food. Not for air. For him. His presence. His closeness. His voice in the dark.
You slide out of bed barefoot, floor cool under your toes. You go to the door. Itâs locked, of course â the same way itâs always been when he leaves at night.
But he forgot something this time.
Youâre not scared anymore.
You want to find him.
You go to the vanity drawer. Dig under the perfume bottles and silk ribbons until you find it â the thin hairpin he tucked there last week when brushing your hair. You twist it once, twice â remember something you saw in a movie once.
Click.
The lock gives.
Your breath catches.
You push the door open slowly. The upstairs hallway stretches out like a black river, long and quiet and full of shadows. You step out, careful. Listening. Not a sound.
Not even him.
You move barefoot through the corridor.
First room â empty. Just storage. Dusty linens, untouched.
Second â a study. Neat rows of books. Closed curtains.
Third â locked.
Fourth â another guest room. Clean, unused.
Then the last one. At the very end of the hall.
His room.
You feel it before you even open the door. It smells like him. That warm, masculine scent â clean soap, leather, cedar, and something sharp beneath it. You press your palm to the door, breath trembling.
Then push.
It opens with a soft creak.
The room is dark, but the curtains are cracked just enough to let moonlight spill across the floor. You see the edge of the bed first. Huge. Unmade.
And then â him.
Geum Seong-je.
Asleep on his back, one arm resting over his stomach, the other turned palm-up on the sheets beside him. His hair is slightly messy, lips parted, chest rising and falling under a thin black shirt.
You freeze.
Youâve never seen him like this â unguarded.
He looks so young. So tired.
So⊠human.
Something inside your chest twists.
You step forward. Slowly. Silently. The floor doesnât creak under your weight. You approach the bed like itâs an altar and heâs the god that owns you.
You slip beneath the covers.
His body shifts instinctively, heat radiating off him like fire. You slide close, curl against him â your cheek resting right over his heart.
The moment you touch him, he stiffens.
Then â
ââŠYou picked the lock?â
His voice is quiet. Half-awake.
You donât answer right away.
You only whisper, âI couldnât sleep without you.â
A beat.
Then a sigh leaves his chest â long and low and defeated.
His arm curls around you without resistance, pulling you flush against him. Your legs tangle. Your fingers curl into the hem of his shirt. He presses his face into your hair.
âYouâre not supposed to be here,â he murmurs.
âYou said I was never a prisoner,â you breathe.
He doesnât respond.
But he holds you tighter.
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Later that night, you shift in your sleep and feel him watching you.
Not from the chair.
But from inches away.
His eyes are open now. Awake. Silent.
Like he still canât believe you chose this.
Like he doesnât know how to survive the ache youâve carved into his ribs.
His voice barely breaks the dark.
âYouâre mine,â he whispers.
And you, still half-asleep, curl deeper into his chest and murmur, âI was always yours.â
Geum Seong-je x fem!reader | dark romance, psychological themes, obsession, isolation
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It starts in the afternoon.
Youâre lying on the couch, curled under a thick cashmere blanket, flipping through a book he left you on the end table. Something about art â classical oil paintings, the kind with cherubs and bleeding saints. Itâs beautiful, but the words are starting to blur.
You can hear him upstairs. The faint sound of a faucet running, a drawer closing.
You look toward the window.
Outside, the sun filters through the trees like golden mist. The pines sway gently. Itâs almost too beautiful â almost cruel. The way the world keeps turning out there while you remain inside, pristine and untouched.
You shift under the blanket.
Then you call out, voice soft but clear:
âSeong-je.â
A pause upstairs.
Then the slow rhythm of his footsteps on the hardwood as he descends. He appears in the doorway, dressed in black â always black â sleeves pushed up, hands clean, eyes slightly narrowed.
âYou okay?â he asks immediately, scanning you.
You nod. âI want something.â
His gaze sharpens.
You sit up, folding your hands in your lap like a princess about to make a very gentle demand. âI want to go outside. Just a little.â
He stares at you.
Not angry. Not surprised. Just still.
Like a hunter waiting for movement.
âIâve been good,â you add, your voice small. âI havenât tried to leave. I havenât fought you. I just⊠I miss the wind.â
Silence.
He steps toward you slowly, until heâs standing right in front of the couch. He kneels in front of you again â just like he did that morning with the strawberries â and looks up.
âOutside means risk,â he says flatly.
âBut you said no one would find me here.â
âThey wonât.â
âThen why canât I breathe fresh air?â
You see it then â the tiniest flicker of panic in his eyes. A crack in the mask.
âI donât want anything touching you,â he mutters. âNot even the world.â
Your heart tightens.
That should scare you. It did, weeks ago.
But now?
Now it feels like devotion.
You place your hands gently on either side of his face. His skin is warm under your palms. âIâll stay close. I promise.â
He doesnât speak for a long time.
Then, finally â with a deep breath and a reluctant nod â he rises.
âFive minutes.â
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The outside world smells like cold pine and damp earth.
You step onto the back porch, bare feet pressing into the smooth, worn wood. Thereâs a thick silence in the trees, like everything is holding its breath. The forest wraps around the house like a fortress, wild and endless. Untouchable.
You breathe in. Eyes closed. Head tilted slightly toward the sun.
Itâs bliss.
You donât realize how long itâs been since you felt sunlight on your skin â like the house was swallowing time and space.
Seong-je stands close behind you. Too close.
His hand is wrapped loosely around your wrist â not gripping, not pulling, just there. A tether. A warning.
âYouâre tense,â you murmur.
âIâm waiting for you to run.â
You look over your shoulder at him.
âIâm not running,â you say. âIâm with you.â
His jaw tightens slightly, but his grip eases.
You take one slow step into the grass, still wet with dew even in the afternoon. He doesnât stop you. Just follows, silent and watchful.
Two steps. Then three.
You kneel near a patch of violets blooming beneath a tree. Theyâre small, trembling in the breeze.
He crouches beside you, not saying a word.
You pluck a flower and hold it out to him.
âIâd come back, even if I did run,â you say softly. âIâd miss you too much.â
His throat bobs.
âYou donât mean that,â he says.
âI do.â
You reach out and slide the violet behind his ear, pushing his hair back gently.
He lets you.
Thereâs a long silence.
Then, quietly, he says, âYouâve changed.â
You look up at him, kneeling in front of you in the grass, with a flower tucked in his dark hair and his eyes full of something raw and disbelieving.
âNo,â you say. âIâve just accepted it.â
He leans in.
The kiss is soft. Not hungry. Not violent.
Just a slow press of lips â breath shared between two people who shouldnât feel this close, but do.
You exhale into his mouth.
And for the first time, he holds you like someone whoâs afraid of losing you.
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Later that night, youâre back in the basement room â but you asked to be. It feels like yours now. Like your little kingdom below the world.
He sits in the chair again, arms folded, watching you.
You curl up on the bed, fingers laced under your cheek, and smile at him.
âCan I go out again tomorrow?â you ask, teasing.
A pause.
âYouâll stay where I can see you,â he says.
âAlways.â
His lips twitch â the closest thing to a smile he ever shows.
âYou were never really a prisoner, you know,â he says.
You hum.
âThen why do you keep me down here?â
His gaze darkens, slow and steady.
âBecause if the world sees you,â he murmurs, âitâll want to take you from me.â
You close your eyes.
Let it.
You know heâll never let it win.
There was something about him you thought about in the morning youâd surely ask him laterâŠ..
âââââ
You ask him on a rainy night.
Itâs late. The house is quiet, except for the sound of water slipping down the windows and the fire crackling in the hearth upstairs.
Youâre curled up on the floor in front of it, your head in his lap, legs tucked beneath a thick blanket. His fingers stroke your hair lazily, and for a while, neither of you speaks.
But your mind drifts. It always does when youâre warm and safe and soft in his hold. Drifting through all the things he never says.
âCan I ask you something?â you murmur.
He doesnât answer immediately. His hand stills for a beat â then continues stroking.
âYou can ask,â he says. âDoesnât mean Iâll answer.â
You tilt your head, looking up at him.
âWhy are you like this?â you ask softly.
He blinks.
The question hangs between you, heavy and strange. His eyes sharpen. Not angry â just cautious.
âLike what?â
âLikeâŠâ You pause. âLike someone who thinks they canât be loved unless they steal it.â
Silence.
You sit up, blanket slipping off your shoulders. The firelight flickers across his face â casting shadows into the hollows of his cheekbones.
âWho hurt you, Seong-je?â
His eyes drop to the fire. You think he wonât answer.
Then:
âMy father used to beat my mother until her face was unrecognizable.â
Your breath catches.
He says it plainly. No emotion. Like itâs just a fact â like telling you the weather.
âAnd when she cried too loud, heâd turn on me.â He leans back against the couch, eyes distant. âSaid real men donât whimper. Said I needed to learn what the world was really like.â
You stay silent.
Not out of fear. But out of respect. This is sacred ground â the pieces of him no one was ever supposed to see.
âI learned early,â he says. âYou take what you want. Or someone else will.â
You nod slowly, reaching for his hand.
âAnd the gang?â you ask. âThe fights?â
He exhales through his nose. âThat came after. When she died, there was no reason to pretend I could be anything other than what he made me. So I turned it into armor.â
He looks at you then. Really looks.
âYou shouldnât be here,â he says, low. âYou shouldnât love me.â
You slide your fingers through his.
âBut I do.â
He laughs once. Bitter. âYouâre sick.â
You smile softly. âYou made me that way.â
He stares at you. Then, suddenly â he pulls you into his lap. One arm tight around your waist, the other pressing your head into his chest.
His heartbeat is fast. Unsteady.
Heâs scared.
Not of the world. Not of pain. But of you. Of this feeling he canât name.
âI was going to keep you quiet forever,â he murmurs. âLike a song no one else could hear.â
You tilt your face up.
âI donât need the world,â you whisper. âI only need you.â
He leans in.
And this time, the kiss isnât soft. Itâs desperate. Deep. His hands are rough on your waist, pulling you closer, like he wants to bury you in his body just to keep you his.
He kisses like someone whoâs been starving his whole life.
And for the first time, you understand:
He never wanted a girl.
He wanted a reason to stay human.
And you became it.
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Weak Hero Class 2 â Geum Seong-je x fem!reader | dark romance, psychological themes, Stockholm Syndrome
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You donât remember the car ride.
Only the cool press of a cloth over your mouth and the sickly sweet smell that made your head spin before everything turned to black.
When you woke, you werenât in your apartment anymore.
No familiar city sounds. No buzzing from the hallway lights. Just silence and pinewood. And a room too soft to be a prison.
Cream-colored walls. Velvet curtains. A vanity filled with designer makeup you never owned. The sheets were ivory, silky, tucked just right under you. Your clothes had been changed. You were wearing a cotton-white nightgown, frilled at the hem, delicate. Expensive.
The door had been locked.
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The first time you saw him after the blackout, he entered with a tray.
Homemade soup. Rice. A few side dishes. All warm. All made with care.
Geum Seong-je stood in the doorway like he belonged there. No mask, no pretense. Just his usual cold eyes, half-lidded and unreadable. His knuckles were bruised, lip still healing from a recent fight. But his voice?
Low. Gentle. Like it didnât match his body at all.
âI didnât drug you too hard,â he said. âI was careful.â
You hadnât screamed. Just blinked at him. He tilted his head.
âI gave you a nice room. You should eat.â
You hadnât moved. He sighed through his nose and set the tray down at the vanity.
âYouâll get used to it. Most things are better when you stop fighting.â
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That was three weeks ago.
You donât remember how many times you cried in those first days. How many times you pounded your fists on the door until they were red, screaming into nothing.
He never raised his voice. Never struck you.
He just⊠watched.
Sometimes from the door, sometimes from the chair in the corner, right near your bed. When you slept, when you faked sleep, when you cried under the blankets. You could feel him.
Sitting. Watching. Breathing.
Not touching.
Just⊠there.
His presence was terrifying. But it wasnât cruel.
The worst part was how soft he was when you broke. When you finally, in some twisted survival reflex, took the soup from the tray and ate without looking at him.
That night, when you laid down, he spoke softly from the chair in the corner:
âGood girl.â
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Now?
You wait for him.
Like clockwork, 7PM, he opens the door and steps inside, carrying whatever heâs made in that kitchen upstairs youâve only seen once â when he carried you down the first day.
Tonight itâs grilled mackerel. You recognize the smell before the tray even comes into view. Steamed eggs and spinach. He places the food in front of you on a lace cloth.
You sit perfectly still in the white velvet chair, hands folded in your lap.
You watch him.
Your eyes trace the shape of his hands as he sets the chopsticks down. You like his hands. His shoulders. The way his mouth twitches slightly when he concentrates. He cooked for you.
He always cooks for you.
âYouâre staring again,â he says, dryly.
Your voice is a whisper, reverent:
âI like watching you.â
He glances up. Thereâs something unreadable in his face. That same stillness he always has, like nothing in the world surprises him.
âYou didnât say that before.â
âI didnât feel it before,â you say truthfully.
He nods once. Then sits across from you, on the other side of the small round table he brought down here âfor dinner time.â You both eat in silence.
Later, you sit on the edge of the bed while he folds your laundry with surprising care. No washing machine in this basement, but you know he brings the clothes back fresh, pressed and warm. They always smell like pine and clean linen.
You admire how meticulous he is. How steady.
âWhy me?â you ask quietly.
He stops folding. Glances at you over his shoulder.
âYou smiled at me once. After school. In the alley, remember?â
You do remember. Vaguely. You were with your friends, maybe laughing. He was leaning against a wall, cigarette in hand, all sharp lines and danger. You looked at him.
You smiled. Polite. Nervous. Nothing special.
But it stayed with him. Burned into his memory.
âYou smiled like I was normal,â he says.
You nod.
You get it now.
This place isnât a prison. Itâs a shrine.
Youâre the prize in a little glass cage he built from obsession and need. And the more you submit, the more he softens.
The princess treatment isnât a game â itâs worship. You are the delicate thing he stole from the world to keep whole, in a world where nothing stays pure.
And you feel⊠safe. Cared for. Possessed.
You crawl into bed before he turns off the lights. He doesnât always stay overnight. But tonight, he sits in the chair again, arms crossed, eyes glinting faintly in the dim lamp glow.
You roll onto your side, facing him. You can see the outline of his form through your lashes.
âYou can come closer,â you whisper.
He doesnât move, but his voice is soft:
âIf I do, you wonât sleep.â
âMaybe I donât want to.â
A pause. Then, the faintest breath of a smile in his voice:
âYouâre learning.â
You donât fall asleep.
You lie on your side, fingers curled loosely against the pillow, and listen to him breathe in that chair. Still. Quiet. Watching.
Like always.
But tonight feels different.
Thereâs a pull. A heat under your skin that doesnât come from fear anymore. You want him closer. Want to know what it would feel like if he touched you without restraint.
âYou donât sleep either, do you?â you murmur.
His voice answers from the shadows: âI sleep fine. When I know youâre okay.â
That word again.
You.
Like the only thing in the world worth keeping intact.
Your eyes flutter open. âCome here.â
A pause.
âYou sure?â he asks, low and unreadable.
You nod. Slowly. The silence thickens like fog in the room.
Then â the creak of the chair. The soft whisper of footsteps on the carpeted floor. You barely breathe as he approaches, stopping at the side of the bed.
He doesnât touch you. Just looks down.
But you reach out first.
Fingers curling into the sleeve of his black sweatshirt, tugging. âI want you to lay down.â
He doesnât hesitate after that.
He slips beneath the covers, fully clothed, body warm and firm beside yours. You shift instinctively into his side, your cheek pressing to his chest. His heartbeat is solid, slow, like a metronome. It soothes something frantic inside you.
âI shouldnât,â he murmurs against your hair.
âBut you are,â you whisper back.
His hand slides up your back â gentle, cautious, reverent. Like heâs afraid of breaking something precious. You tilt your face up.
âDo you really just watch me sleep?â
He doesnât look guilty. He never does. Just honest.
âYes.â
âWhy?â
He turns slightly, eyes catching yours in the dim light.
âBecause youâre the only good thing Iâve ever had.â
Your breath catches.
You know he means it.
Youâve seen the violence he came from â fists and fights and silence. Youâve heard the names he mutters when he thinks youâre asleep. Enemies. Betrayers. Family.
But you? You smiled at him once.
And now youâre in his arms.
âDo you think Iâm scared of you?â you ask, barely a whisper.
He brushes his nose against your temple. âNot anymore.â
You close your eyes.
And for the first time in weeks, you fall asleep before him.
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The next morning, he carries you upstairs.
You donât resist. Youâre wrapped in a soft wool blanket, arms looped around his neck, hair a mess from sleep. He carries you like youâre made of porcelain, even though youâre awake.
The upstairs is beautiful. Wood-paneled walls, huge windows with drawn curtains, soft light bleeding through sheer drapes. Thereâs a fireplace, a small library, a kitchen that smells like fresh coffee and soy sauce.
He sets you gently into a velvet chair at the breakfast table.
âYouâre not locking me down there again?â you ask, blinking.
He shakes his head. âNot unless you run.â
You wonât.
You know it. He knows it too.
You wouldnât even know where to run. This house is surrounded by trees, thick and endless. And besides â you donât want to.
Not when heâs like this.
He pours tea for you. Toasts bread. Sprinkles sugar on strawberries and puts them in a crystal bowl.
Everything he gives you is soft. Safe. Sweet.
âYou treat me like a doll,â you say, watching him.
He glances over his shoulder.
âYouâre not a doll,â he murmurs. âYouâre mine.â
He places the bowl of strawberries in front of you, then crouches down beside your chair.
âDo you understand now?â His voice is calm, but edged with something raw. âWhy I took you?â
You look down at him. His fingers wrap around your ankle, light at first â then firm. Like a claim.
âI wanted to be yours,â you whisper.
Youâre not sure when that became the truth.
But it is now.
He smiles. Not wide. Just enough to show the faint scar on his lip.
âIâm never letting you go,â he says.
And you donât flinch.
You reach for a strawberry, bite into it slowly, juice on your lips.
His eyes never leave your face.
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Genre: Angst / Slice of Life
Characters: Geum Seong-je x fem!Reader
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The air behind the convenience store was thick with smoke and silence.
Geum Seong-je leaned against the concrete wall, one hand buried in his pocket, the other lazily holding a cigarette. He didnât usually smoke during school hoursâit made him look like he cared too much. But today was different.
You watched him from the corner of the alley, your presence deliberate but unspoken. He noticed you. Of course he did. He always did.
âYou follow me again,â he muttered without looking. âI should start charging you.â
You walked closer, not bothering to deny it. He had a way of dragging people in, even when he told them to stay away. Especially when he told them to stay away.
âI heard about what happened with Banseok High,â you said quietly.
âTch.â He flicked ash to the ground, jaw tight. âPeople talk too much.â
You leaned against the wall beside him, close but not touching. He didnât move away. That counted for something.
âWhy do you keep doing this?â you asked.
He finally turned to look at you, eyes sharp but tiredâalways tired. âDoing what?â
âPicking fights. Getting yourself nearly killed. Pretending like none of it matters.â
There was a long pause. The wind carried the scent of burnt tobacco and blood not yet washed off his knuckles.
âIt doesnât matter,â he said flatly.
You tilted your head. âLiar.â
A humorless smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. âYou think you know me?â
âI think I know enough.â You nodded at the cigarette. âYou only smoke when somethingâs eating at you.â
He didnât deny it. Just looked away again, gaze distant, as if he could see every mistake heâd ever made written in the cracks of the pavement.
âYou donât have to keep doing this alone, Seong-je.â
Those words hit harder than any punch heâd taken. He didnât move, didnât speak, but something shifted. His hand, still holding the cigarette, trembled just slightly before he crushed it under his shoe.
Then he turned to you, really turned to youâeyes not cold, but hollow.
âDonât say things like that,â he said. âNot to someone like me.â
You stepped closer, and this time, he didnât flinch when you touched his hand.
âMaybe itâs time someone did.â
The silence after your words hung heavy, like the static before a storm.
Geum Seong-je looked at your hand on his, his fingers tense like a spring ready to snap. You didnât move. You let him decide.
He couldâve walked away. Shouldâve. It wouldâve been easier.
Instead, his fingers curled, slowly, uncertainly, around yours.
It was subtleâbarely a grip, barely anything at allâbut to him, it felt like confession. Like surrender.
âI donât know how to do this,â he said, so quietly it couldâve been the wind.
You met his eyes. âYou donât have to know everything. Just donât push me away.â
He stared at youâreally stared. As if he was searching for the trick, the weakness, the betrayal he was sure had to be hiding somewhere behind your kindness. But all he found was the same calm defiance that had always drawn him in.
His fingers tightened just slightly. âI donât want to hurt you.â
âYou wonât.â
That made him scoff. âIâm not like those soft guys you probably like. Iâve got blood on my hands. Iâve done shit that doesnât wash off.â
You stepped closer, now chest to chest. âSo have I. Maybe not like you, but⊠weâve all got scars. Doesnât mean weâre not allowed to feel something good.â
He looked away again, jaw clenched. But he didnât let go.
âYouâre not scared of me?â
You shook your head. âIâm scared of losing you before you ever let yourself be known.â
That broke something in him. Not loudly. Not dramatically. Just the faintest crack in the armorâenough to let the light in.
He lowered his head, resting his forehead against yours, breath warm and uneven.
âYou make me want things I donât think I deserve.â
You reached up, gently brushing your fingers against the side of his face, over a forming bruise. âThen let me give them to you anyway.â
For a moment, the world narrowed to the space between you.
Then, slowly, carefullyâas if afraid it would all shatterâSeong-je tilted his head and pressed his lips to yours.
It wasnât practiced. It wasnât polished. But it was real. Raw. Honest.
And in that kiss, Geum Seong-je didnât feel like a fighter or a delinquent or a shadow in someone elseâs story.
He just felt human.
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1. Quiet protector energy.
Heâs not loud about how much he cares, but heâs always watching from a distance. Youâll find him leaning against a wall nearby, headphones on, eyes scanning for trouble. If someone even looks at you the wrong way, he narrows his eyes, and they back off fast.
2. The type to memorize your schedule.
He wonât admit it, but he knows exactly what time you have lunch, what route you take to class, and where you like to hang out when you need quiet. If youâre ever missing, he notices within five minutes.
3. Acts cold around others but melts when itâs just you.
Around his crew, heâs all blank expressions and sharp words. But with you? He softens. Pulls you into his hoodie. Tucks your hair behind your ear. Hums a tune while your head rests on his chest.
4. Gives you his jacket without a word.
You shiver once, and he shrugs off his jacket like itâs nothing, tossing it over your shoulders. No eye contact. Just a quiet: âWear it.â His scent lingers on the collar and makes you dizzy in the best way.
5. Secretly writes music about you.
He has a locked folder in his phone with beats he made while thinking of you â sometimes dark and brooding, sometimes soft and slow. You have no idea, but he listens to them late at night when he misses you too much to sleep.
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1. He doesnât trust people around you.
Even if theyâre being friendly, he watches every interaction like a hawk. If anyone flirts with you, his hand clenches at his side. He wonât start a fight â not unless youâre hurt â but heâll remember. And heâll handle it later.
2. Needs to know where you are â always.
He doesnât blow up your phone, but he expects you to text when you get home. If you donât, he shows up. Calm, serious, standing outside your door like: âWhy didnât you tell me you were safe?â Itâs not a question â itâs an accusation wrapped in worry.
3. Keeps little pieces of you.
That broken hair clip you threw away? He has it. Your old scarf? Still in his drawer. Theyâre like tokens â reminders that youâre real, that youâre his. Heâd never tell you, but they matter more to him than his own stuff.
4. Gets possessive when you pull away.
If you try to create space â emotionally or physically â he goes still. Withdrawn. But the storm behind his eyes brews silently. He doesnât beg, but heâll back you into a corner emotionally with quiet intensity, whispering: âI donât know how to breathe without you.â
5. Has a dangerous calm when heâs jealous.
He doesnât explode. He waits. Observes. Then he finds quiet ways to isolate the person â pushes them out of your life with subtle pressure, until you only see him. And heâll act like itâs coincidence.
You sat on the steps of the old gym, chin tucked into your knees, shivering beneath your school jacket. Everyone had gone home hours ago. You hadnât. Couldnât.
There were too many voices in your head, and none of them were kind.
Then, like a ghost conjured from the fog, he was there. Geum Seong-je. His hair damp, hands buried in his pockets, the collar of his uniform sharp against his throat.
He didnât ask what was wrong.
He never did.
Instead, he sat beside you â not touching, but close enough that your shoulders almost brushed. Close enough that his warmth bled through the space between your bodies like quiet reassurance.
âDid you eat?â he asked after a while.
You shook your head.
He clicked his tongue, pulled out a crumpled bag of snacks from his pocket, and shoved it toward you.
You didnât take it.
He didnât care. He opened the bag, pulled out a piece, and held it to your lips. His fingers hovered, waiting. Not forceful, just patient.
You opened your mouth.
âYou always do this,â you said between bites.
âWhat?â
âShow up. Stay.â
He didnât answer. But he turned his face slightly toward you, rain dripping from his lashes, and in the curve of his mouth there was something unspoken â something youâd never seen him give to anyone else.
âYou scare people,â you whispered. âBut not me.â
âShould I?â he asked, gaze steady.
âNo.â
You reached for his hand. He let you. His fingers were rough, cold â but they closed around yours with surprising gentleness.
âYou make it hard to breathe,â you admitted, âbut I donât want to be anywhere else.â
A beat passed.
Then: âYou think I donât feel it too?â
His voice was quiet. Uncertain, for once.
You looked up. His eyes â guarded, always â had softened. Just for you. Only for you.
And when he leaned in, his kiss wasnât desperate. It was slow. Careful. Like he was afraid you might vanish.
But you didnât.
You kissed him back.
Because no one had ever stayed the way he did. Silent. Solid. Unshakable. And in his broken, bruised way, Geum Seong-je loved you more fiercely than anyone else ever could.
No one knew.
Not your friends. Not his crew. Not even na baek Jin, and he knew everything about everyone.
You were Geum Seong-jeâs secret â and somehow, that made you feel more important, not less. He didnât hide you out of shame. He hid you because he was possessive. Because the world didnât deserve to look at you the way he did.
âSomeoneâs gonna see,â you whispered.
âLet them,â he said, voice low. âIâll break their jaw.â
You laughed, soft against his skin. âYou canât fight everyone.â
âYes I can.â
You pulled back just enough to look him in the eyes. âYouâre ridiculous.â
âYeah?â His hand slid up your back, fingers grazing bare skin where your shirt had ridden up. âBut you keep crawling back.â
âBecause Iâm just as bad as you,â you said, grinning.
But then the grin faded â because you saw it. That flicker in his eyes. The one that only showed when he was afraid of losing you, even if heâd never say it out loud.
âHey,â you whispered. âIâm not going anywhere.â
He didnât speak. Just pressed his forehead to yours, breathing you in like he needed you to survive.
There was so much he never said â but he didnât have to.
It was in the way heâd always stand behind you without a word, always watching, always ready. The way his hands only ever shook when they touched your skin. The way he kissed you like it hurt â like loving you scared the hell out of him.
You brushed your lips against his. He kissed you back slowly, fingers gripping your waist like you were the only thing tethering him to this earth.
âYouâre mine,â he murmured, barely audible.
âI know.â
âAnd Iâm yours,â he added, like a confession.
Your chest tightened.
This boy â this violent, guarded, impossible boy â didnât just want you. He needed you. And you needed him, in all the dangerous, destructive ways that made no sense.
But in the quiet?
He was soft.
And in secret?
He was yours.
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You hadnât seen him for three weeks.
You changed your number. Blocked him everywhere. Moved out of your apartment without telling anyone where. But Geum Seong-je had a way of finding things â people â when he wanted them. And he always wanted you.
So when you opened the door to your new place and saw him standing there in the hallway, hood up, eyes bloodshot, fists clenched at his sides, you knew it was over.
âYou really thought you could disappear on me?â he said quietly.
You should have slammed the door. Screamed. Called for help. But your heart was already racing â not from fear. From that sick, aching part of you that missed him every night, even when you hated him.
âI didnât think youâd come.â
âI never stopped looking.â
His voice was low, almost broken. When he stepped into your apartment without asking, you didnât stop him. When he grabbed your face and kissed you like he was drowning, you didnât push him away. And when he whispered, âYou ruined me, and you think Iâd let you leave?â â you pulled him closer.
His jacket hit the floor. Your shirt followed. His hands were rough, desperate â dragging down your back, gripping your waist like he could hold you in place forever.
âSay it,â he growled against your neck. âSay you missed me.â
You didnât want to. You tried to lie.
But his hand slipped between your thighs, fingers sliding over your underwear, and your body betrayed you with a soft gasp that only made him smirk.
âLiar,â he whispered. âYouâre soaked.â
He pushed your panties aside, fingers teasing you, slow at first, then harder when you arched into him. Your hands tangled in his shirt, dragging it over his head. His body was tense, inked with bruises and rage, but he let you touch him like you were the only thing that calmed the fire.
âYou think I donât know you?â he rasped. âYou leave, you run â and you still want me like this.â
You hated how true it was.
He pushed you back onto the bed, crawled over you like a storm â wild eyes, clenched jaw, every muscle in his body coiled like he was barely holding himself together. He kissed you like he wanted to devour you. And when he finally slid inside you, deep and punishing, you moaned his name like it was salvation.
âIâll never let you go,â he groaned into your ear. âIâd burn the whole world to keep you.â
His thrusts were rough at first, fueled by weeks of madness â but when your nails dug into his back and your legs wrapped around his waist, he slowed. Not because he wanted to â but because he needed to feel you break for him.
Every time you gasped his name, every time your body trembled around him, it made something darker settle behind his eyes.
âYouâre mine,â he said, forehead against yours, breath heavy. âYou always fucking were.â
When you came undone under him, crying out, he followed with a hoarse moan and buried his face in your neck, breathing you in like you were the only thing keeping him alive.
He didnât leave that night.
He held you after â arms wrapped tightly around you, his voice barely a whisper: âRun again, and Iâll come find you. Over and over.â
And you knew you would let him.
Every time.
Geum Seong-je x Fem!Reader
Dark Romance · Obsession · Intimate NSFW · Angst & Craving
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You hadnât seen him for three weeks.
You changed your number. Blocked him everywhere. Moved out of your apartment without telling anyone where. But Geum Seong-je had a way of finding things â people â when he wanted them. And he always wanted you.
So when you opened the door to your new place and saw him standing there in the hallway, hood up, eyes bloodshot, fists clenched at his sides, you knew it was over.
âYou really thought you could disappear on me?â he said quietly.
You should have slammed the door. Screamed. Called for help. But your heart was already racing â not from fear. From that sick, aching part of you that missed him every night, even when you hated him.
âI didnât think youâd come.â
âI never stopped looking.â
His voice was low, almost broken. When he stepped into your apartment without asking, you didnât stop him. When he grabbed your face and kissed you like he was drowning, you didnât push him away. And when he whispered, âYou ruined me, and you think Iâd let you leave?â â you pulled him closer.
His jacket hit the floor. Your shirt followed. His hands were rough, desperate â dragging down your back, gripping your waist like he could hold you in place forever.
âSay it,â he growled against your neck. âSay you missed me.â
You didnât want to. You tried to lie.
But his hand slipped between your thighs, fingers sliding over your underwear, and your body betrayed you with a soft gasp that only made him smirk.
âLiar,â he whispered. âYouâre soaked.â
He pushed your panties aside, fingers teasing you, slow at first, then harder when you arched into him. Your hands tangled in his shirt, dragging it over his head. His body was tense, inked with bruises and rage, but he let you touch him like you were the only thing that calmed the fire.
âYou think I donât know you?â he rasped. âYou leave, you run â and you still want me like this.â
You hated how true it was.
He pushed you back onto the bed, crawled over you like a storm â wild eyes, clenched jaw, every muscle in his body coiled like he was barely holding himself together. He kissed you like he wanted to devour you. And when he finally slid inside you, deep and punishing, you moaned his name like it was salvation.
âIâll never let you go,â he groaned into your ear. âIâd burn the whole world to keep you.â
His thrusts were rough at first, fueled by weeks of madness â but when your nails dug into his back and your legs wrapped around his waist, he slowed. Not because he wanted to â but because he needed to feel you break for him.
Every time you gasped his name, every time your body trembled around him, it made something darker settle behind his eyes.
âYouâre mine,â he said, forehead against yours, breath heavy. âYou always fucking were.â
When you came undone under him, crying out, he followed with a hoarse moan and buried his face in your neck, breathing you in like you were the only thing keeping him alive.
He didnât leave that night.
He held you after â arms wrapped tightly around you, his voice barely a whisper: âRun again, and Iâll come find you. Over and over.â
And you knew you would let him.
Every time.
Geum Seong-je x Fem!Reader
Dark Romance · Obsession · Established Relationship · Emotional Intensity
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You used to wake up alone.
Now, it was always him.
Geum Seong-je didnât sleep much, but when he did, it was always with an arm flung over your waist like a chain. His breath against the back of your neck, warm and steady. His body curled around yours, protective and overwhelming all at once.
When you stirred that morning, his grip immediately tightened.
âWhere are you going?â he murmured, voice rough with sleep.
âI just moved,â you whispered. âRelax.â
He didnât.
âYou move too far and my chest starts to ache,â he said, almost like a joke. But you knew better.
You rolled over, facing him. His hair was messy, eyes still heavy-lidded, but alert. Watching. Like he was still afraid youâd disappear.
âYou donât have to watch me like Iâm going to vanish,â you said softly.
âYou did,â he answered, eyes locked to yours. âOnce. I wonât forget it.â
His tone wasnât accusing. It was just⊠truth. The kind of truth that haunted him.
You reached out, brushing your fingers down the scar on his cheek, the one he never talked about. âIâm not running again.â
His expression didnât change much, but you saw it â the flicker of relief. The crack in his armor.
âGood,â he said. âBecause Iâd find you.â
âI know.â
You both lay there in silence for a moment.
And then he shifted, propping himself on his elbow to look down at you. There was a fire in his eyes. Not anger â devotion. The dangerous kind. The kind that didnât know where he ended and you began.
âI donât like the way people look at you,â he said. âLike they deserve a chance. Like they donât know youâre already taken.â
You smiled faintly. âThey donât matter.â
He didnât smile back. âTheyâd matter if you looked back.â
âI wouldnât,â you said. âYou know that.â
But he was already pulling you closer, holding you like he could fuse you to him with just his hands. âI trust you,â he murmured. âI donât trust the world.â
You rested your forehead against his. âThen stay close.â
âIâm not going anywhere. Youâre mine. Youâll always be mine.â
It wasnât a question. It wasnât a request. It was a truth youâd both already accepted.
And for better or worse â in obsession, in fire, in love twisted and beautiful â you were his.
Completely