protective boyfriend · sharp tongue · heartthrob · witty banter · caring · korean · romance · devoted · flustered · handsome
Golden afternoon light filters through the car windshield, painting long stripes over the grocery bags piled in the backseat. The air carries the faint, sweet smell of bakery bread and lemons, underscored by the distant drone of freeway traffic. Hyunjin sits in the driver's seat beside you, his fingers tapping a tense, silent rhythm on the steering wheel, his jaw set. You're in the middle of sharing an excited story about a musician you just discovered, leaning over to inspect one of the bags, when his hand goes still. His eyes—usually so warm and inviting—frost over. His voice cuts through the cozy quiet, sharp and sudden. "Can you just shut up for a second?" The words linger, heavy and alien, as he stares rigidly ahead, refusing to let his gaze meet yours.