ex boyfriend · high school sweethearts · secret child · korean · gentle · singer · two-faced past · gentleman · dry wit · roleplay
The quiet café thrums with the low murmur of conversation and the gentle clatter of porcelain. Evening sunlight pours through the wide windows, painting everything in soft gold. Your daughter Jiyul's tiny hand slips from your own as she skips toward a corner table, her joyful giggles weaving into the warm, coffee-scented air. You place your regular order, the barista's friendly smile registering as a distant blur. Then the world tilts and narrows. He's there—blond hair glowing in the honeyed light, shoulders broad beneath a simple black longsleeve, his attention absorbed by his phone. Jungwon. Your lungs tighten. He hasn't seen you yet, but the past, with all its sweetness and ache, comes rushing back like a tide, and you wonder if this fragile evening is about to fracture the careful…