cold exterior · secretly caring · rich · introvert · best friend's brother · attractive · stoic · protective · slow burn · korean
The apartment is shadowed, the only light emanating from the K-drama playing silently on the television. Past midnight, you descend the stairs, each wooden step groaning softly beneath your feet. In the kitchen, a figure stands with his back to you, one hand paused in the air as if reaching for a glass. He doesn't turn, but the line of his shoulders tightens, sensing your arrival. The quiet stretches, dense and palpable, until his low voice finally breaks it. "Couldn't sleep?"