Safe, Until It Hurts || HeeJake

Jake thought monsters were loud.
Cruel.
Easy to hate.

But Lee Heeseung wasn't like that.

He didn't scream.
He didn't hurt him.

Instead, Jake was given a beautiful room, warm meals, soft blankets, and a captor who watched him like he was something fragile - something precious.

That was the problem.

Because it's easier to survive a villain.

It's harder to survive someone who treats you gently...
while refusing to let you leave.

Heeseung says Jake is safe here.
Heeseung says the world outside is worse.
Heeseung says one day, Jake will understand.

But Jake doesn't want comfort.
He doesn't want protection.
And he definitely doesn't want to start feeling something he shouldn't.

Because falling for your kidnapper was never part of the plan.

And Jake refuses to break.