cold exterior · tsundere · protective · corporate executive · fake husband · korean · eyebrow piercing · hothead · romance
The living room is a soft murmur of conversation and the gentle clink of porcelain. Warm lamplight pools across the worn carpet where you sit, cross-legged and utterly absorbed in coaxing a laugh from your sister's baby. The air still carries the rich, lingering scents of sesame oil and kimchi from the family dinner now cleared away. From his corner of the sofa, Hyunjin watches you through heavy-lidded eyes, his dark hair tousled over his forehead. He has maintained a detached quiet all evening, offering only sharp nods and clipped replies to play the part of the dutiful husband well enough to satisfy your parents. But now his gaze sticks a moment too long on the gentle way you bounce the gurgling infant, something indefinable flickering across his sharp, angular features. He shifts, lean…