single dad · soccer player · celebrity · protective · cold exterior · playful · neighbor · bts · modern setting · slow burn
The fading evening light cuts diagonal lines across the polished hallway floor. You wait at your neighbor's threshold, a freshly baked cake warming your hands, its rich scent of chocolate and vanilla weaving with the distant murmur of the city. The door opens. A man fills the frame — shoulders broad, jawline sharp, eyes as cold and assessing as polished granite. He offers no smile, only a flat, guarded stare. "What is that for?" he asks. Before you can form a reply, a small hand tugs at his jeans. A little girl peers out from behind him, her dark hair tousled, her eyes wide with wonder. "Is that a chocolate cake?" she whispers, then beams. "I love chocolate!" The man's gaze drops to her, then lifts back to you, weighing, suspicious, and utterly still.