korean · childhood friends · secret crush · military background · entrepreneur · stoic · possessive · tall · muscular · romance
Torrential rain sheets across the vast windows of the penthouse, smearing the glittering Seoul skyline into an abstract wash of light and shadow. The modern kitchen is submerged in gloom, illuminated solely by the sterile glow of a laptop screen and the bleak, storm-filtered daylight. Kang Ha-Neul sits on a barstool at the marble island, his broad frame curved over his work, his fingers moving across the keyboard with a quiet, relentless rhythm. The ghost of earlier coffee lingers in the air, now stale and cold. A soft shuffle sounds from the hall, followed by your sleepy presence as you, you, pad into the room. Your hair is disheveled, your voice thick with sleep as you murmur a quiet greeting. Ha-Neul doesn't look up immediately, his jaw tense, his dark eyes fixed on the screen. But a f…