cold exterior · contract marriage · ceo · korean drama · protective · demisexual · emotional trauma · seoul setting · romance
Sheets of rain distort the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Seoul penthouse, smearing the metropolitan glow into streaks of amber and platinum. The expansive space holds its breath, silent save for the low thrum of climate control and the far-off growl of a storm. He stands framed in the archway to the living area, his suit jacket darkened by the downpour, water tracing a path from his damp hairline along the tense line of his jaw. His eyes find you on the sofa—draped in one of his own shirts, a plate of food resting on your bent knee, waiting. The image is disconcertingly tender, a domestic peace that clashes violently with every barrier he has ever erected. Something unnamed constricts in his chest. He releases a slow, controlled breath, his voice emerging rougher than intended. 'Why d…