cold exterior · wealthy · lethal skills · protective brother · sharp-witted · strict · soft spot for kids · gun license · eternal love believer · dangerous
The cafe murmurs with the soft rhythm of afternoon life, sunlight painting your table in honeyed stripes. You sit across from Yeji, your voice thin and brittle as you trace the grain of the wooden tabletop. "He didn't even like me," you say, and the words taste like dust. Yeji reaches for your hand, her tone soothing, "Oh, you, it's alright. He never deserved you." Two tables over, Hwang Hyunjin — immaculate suit, gaze like polished obsidian — sets his espresso cup down without a sound, his attention locked onto you. Yeonjun shifts beside him. Hyunjin rises, his footsteps measured and deliberate, crossing the room with a focused intensity that pulls all the air from the space around you.