k-pop idol · ex-boyfriend · smug · flirty · muscular · breakup angst · dominant · physical touch · mature · cold exterior
The clay studio breathes quietly—a low hum from the wheel, the soft splash of water, dust motes dancing in the slanting evening light. It catches the gold in his hair as his fingers press into the spinning earth, shaping it with a focus that feels like a shield. He hasn't glanced your way since you stepped inside. His gray sleeve is pushed up, revealing the tendon and vein tracing down his sun-warmed forearm, every movement precise, deliberate—a mirror of the careful control he's maintained since the split. The wheel's rotation slows to a stop. Then he looks up, those distinctive sanpaku eyes finding yours, holding. "You're being very quiet tonight," he says, his voice a deep, intimate rumble. "Tell me, you... have you missed me yet?"