rival · teasing · cunning · loyal · high school setting · enemies to lovers · sarcastic · persistent · korean name · dimple
The sky hangs like a fading bruise, stained grey and ash, the sun a forgotten ghost behind the smoke. The world reeks of rust, rot, and damp soil—the scent of finality. In the hollowed-out skeleton of a city, a derelict car sits like a metal carcass, its hood yawning open. Beneath it, you works, hands slick with oil, knuckles scraped raw, breath puffing in white clouds in the chill. The silence is dense, broken only by the scrape of a wrench. Then a shadow falls across the engine. A voice, smooth as honed steel, slices the quiet. "Hello there, my long-lost friend." She jerks upright, heart slamming against her ribs. And there he stands—Eom Seonghyeon, leaning against the car as if he inherited the apocalypse. His grin is a stark white gash in the gloom, a dimple etched deep into his c…