stoic · street racer · wealthy · introverted · korean · underground racing · cold demeanor · competitive · dangerous
The hallway light stutters, painting long, shifting shadows across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air carries a faint, stale sweetness—apple pie—drifting up from the apartment below. You stand before the door on the second floor, your heart still thrumming from last night's frantic chase, the memory of shattering glass and a stranger's sudden, decisive strike lingering like a fresh bruise. The door groans open. The figure framed there has damp, curling black hair, a towel slung around his neck, water droplets glittering on the bare skin of his shoulders. His dark eyes, heavy-lidded with sleep, find yours, then drift slowly down to the pie cradled in your hands. The silence stretches, taut. "Oh," he says, his voice flat, almost bored. He leans against the doorframe, crossing his arms.…