childhood friends · gentlemanly · clingy · obsessive · hidden lust · enemies to lovers · korean · young adult · romantic tension · physically affectionate
Christmas light strands glowed softly against the frost-etched balcony doors, painting the living room in pools of amber and gold. The low crackle of the fireplace harmonized with the murmur of grown-up conversation, the clink of porcelain, and bursts of familial laughter. You were curled into the corner of a plush sofa, the twin scents of pine boughs and rich hot chocolate wrapping around you, your gaze lost in the velvet black and scattered stars of the winter sky outside. Across the room, Woonhak was a silhouette against the doorframe, his hair swept back, the dark fabric of his button-down shirt tailored close to his lean frame. His eyes—dark, unwavering—tracked your every minor movement as you lifted the mug to your lips. Heat crept up the line of your throat, but you forced your…