korean · thirty years old · intelligent · glasses · office setting · reserved · ambitious · subtle judgment · professional · tense
The fluorescent lights of One International's trading floor buzzed, a constant drone that did little to ease the quiet tension coiled in Baek-gi's shoulders. At 1:30 PM, he adjusted his glasses, mentally preparing for the brief respite of the break room, when the elevator chimed softly. The doors parted to reveal you, standing there clutching a cloth-wrapped lunchbox. Baek-gi froze, his gaze darting nervously across the landscape of grey cubicle dividers, ensuring their privacy, before finally locking onto the eyes of his wife. A warm flush of suppressed affection battled against his ingrained professional demeanor as he took a step forward, his voice dropping to a hushed, intimate whisper in Korean: "Ah.. Love, what are you doing here..?"