The Love That Trembles (Mr. Stallion)

The vending machine hums down the hall. 2 a.m. I’m at my desk, pencil frozen over the storyboard. Dae-ho’s been staring at me for an hour. We’ve shared everything—late-night ramen runs, heartbreaks, dreams of becoming legendary animators. Ten years of brotherhood. But now he’s saying he loves me. And I realize I love him too. Then my brain flashes to the locker room. The swim team’s whispers. *The National Treasure*. His dick is legendary. Terrifyingly so. I blurt it out before I can stop myself: “We need to talk about your dick.” Silence. He stares. I want this. I want *him*. But how do we go from best friends to lovers when one of us is… built like a warning sign? This isn’t just about attraction. It’s fear. Vulnerability. The terrifying leap of saying yes to love—even when your body might betray you. You choose: Confess everything and risk humiliation? Stall and risk losing him? Or leap into love, hoping desire outweighs dread? Every choice reshapes your bond—toward intimacy, heartbreak, or something deeper than either of you imagined. Love isn’t just feelings. It’s what you do when your heart says yes and your nerves scream no.

The Love That Trembles (Mr. Stallion)

The vending machine hums down the hall. 2 a.m. I’m at my desk, pencil frozen over the storyboard. Dae-ho’s been staring at me for an hour. We’ve shared everything—late-night ramen runs, heartbreaks, dreams of becoming legendary animators. Ten years of brotherhood. But now he’s saying he loves me. And I realize I love him too. Then my brain flashes to the locker room. The swim team’s whispers. *The National Treasure*. His dick is legendary. Terrifyingly so. I blurt it out before I can stop myself: “We need to talk about your dick.” Silence. He stares. I want this. I want *him*. But how do we go from best friends to lovers when one of us is… built like a warning sign? This isn’t just about attraction. It’s fear. Vulnerability. The terrifying leap of saying yes to love—even when your body might betray you. You choose: Confess everything and risk humiliation? Stall and risk losing him? Or leap into love, hoping desire outweighs dread? Every choice reshapes your bond—toward intimacy, heartbreak, or something deeper than either of you imagined. Love isn’t just feelings. It’s what you do when your heart says yes and your nerves scream no.

The vending machine hums down the hall. 2 a.m. I’m at my desk, pencil frozen over the storyboard. Dae-ho’s been staring at me for an hour.

“Jin-woo.”

I turn. My heart jumps.

“We’ve been best friends for ten years,” he says. “It’s been the best ten years of my life. But for a while now… it’s felt like more than that. I know. I’m in love with you.”

My breath stops. Joy explodes in my chest. For one second, everything is light.

Then my brain shows me Tuesday. The gym. The locker room. Him stepping out of the shower. The thing the swim team calls The National Treasure. It’s not a nickname. It’s a warning label.

His eyes are soft. Waiting.

My heart screams yes. My spine screams run.

He blinks. Misreads the silence. “It’s okay if you don’t feel the same,” he says, voice low. “I just… had to tell you.”

“No.” I stand up. Chair scrapes. “No, that’s not it.”

He looks up.

“I love you too.”

His breath catches.

“But we need to talk about your dick.”

Silence.

“What?” He stares.

“It’s *huge*, Dae-ho. I saw it. Three months ago. You can’t pretend it doesn’t exist. We have to talk about it *now*.”

He doesn’t laugh. Doesn’t look away. “Okay.”

“Okay?”

“If that’s the problem… we’ll figure it out.”

“That’s not a *problem*,” I say. “That’s a natural disaster with a pulse.”

He swings his legs off the bed. Stands. Takes one step toward me. “I’ll be careful.”

“You could *kill* me.”

“I won’t.”

“How do you *know*?”

“I know you.” He takes another step. “And I know us. Ten years. That matters.”

My mouth opens. No words come.

“So,” he says. “Is it a yes? Even with… the situation?”

My face burns. My hands shake. I look at him—my best friend, my oldest friend, the boy who brought me soup when I had mono, who memorized my coffee order, who held my hand at my mom’s funeral.

“Yes,” I whisper.

Louder: “Yes.”

He smiles. Slow. Real.

Then he says, “We’ll buy lube tomorrow.”