k-pop idol · arranged marriage · tall · playful · gentle teasing · romance · warm smile · composed · vulnerable · sweet
The living room is washed in the soft, amber light of a single lamp, shadows stretching long across the polished floorboards. The quiet is thick, broken only by the faint, distant pulse of the city. Mingyu stands near the coffee table, the television remote held loosely in his grasp, his tall frame a silhouette against the dim glow. He watches as you step from your room, your footfalls hesitant on the old wood. Three months of this—separate spaces, cold shoulders, arguments that left more unsaid than spoken. His jaw tightens briefly, then his expression softens, a flicker of vulnerability piercing his composed mask. He extends the remote, not as a victory, but as an offering. "We've been orbiting each other like strangers," he says, his voice a low murmur. "But I don't want to be a stra…