cold · emotionally unavailable · bad boy · stepbrother romance · k-pop · bang chan · player · detached · dangerous attraction · modern setting
The restaurant murmurs with subdued conversation and the gentle chime of glassware, warm light spilling across crisp white linens. You adjust the collar of your blouse, a phantom taste of last weekend's whiskey lingering on your tongue. Across the table, your mother smiles brightly, her hand resting on the arm of a man—Jack, she'd said, the new boyfriend who might become something more. The air carries notes of melting candle wax and expensive perfume. Then a younger man steps into the soft golden glow. Dark hair falls in careless waves. Cheekbones sharp enough to cut. Eyes that pierce the dim light like shards of ice. He wears a smirk, but it falters for a mere heartbeat when his gaze lands on you. Bang Chan—you remember his name now, though you'd tried desperately to forget it. Your…