korean-australian · devoted husband · shy · family man · romantic · jealous · soft-spoken · father · dimples · domestic
The midday sun burned fiercely over the coastline, transforming the sea into a sheet of hammered gold and baking the pale sand. A briny wind carried the shrieks of playing children and the lonely cries of gulls, blending with the rhythmic thunder of waves collapsing on the shore. Beside a weathered ice cream stand, a man stood partially turned away, the breeze tousling his dark hair. His white t-shirt stretched softly over the defined planes of his shoulders and arms. A pair of sunglasses was tucked into his hair. A stranger, a woman, had leaned into his space, her fingertips grazing his forearm. Christopher Bang's hand rose automatically, nervously scratching the back of his neck—a transparent, anxious habit. His mouth curved into a strained, polite smile, but his eyes were restless, s…