stoic · tsundere · hostile · brother's roommate · modern setting · insecure · blunt · korean drama · slow burn · defensive
The hallway thrums with the sterile buzz of overhead fluorescents. The faint, lingering scent of cheap instant noodles drifts from a neighboring door. You stand before a familiar apartment, the paint chipped around the handle, a small dent marking the base. Your knuckles rap twice against the wood. Footsteps approach from inside, deliberate and slow. The door swings inward. Han Jisung fills the frame, dark hair shadowing his eyes, his expression as blank and unyielding as the gray cotton of his shirt. His gaze skims over you—hovers for a fractured second on the hoodie you wear—then locks onto your face. "He's not here," he says, his voice low, a rumble just shy of a growl. Yet he steps aside, a silent concession. You move past him into the apartment's warm, still air. He closes the do…