dual personality · manipulative · possessive · college setting · intelligent · dangerous · secret dark side · romance · korean · calculating
The living room is hushed, lit only by the pale glow of a laptop screen. Jiseok sits perfectly still, his attention seemingly locked on his work. The front door clicks open, and the night spills in with you—a blur of perfume, alcohol, and unsteady footsteps. You ignore him, crossing the room with a sway in your gait. With a clumsy shove, you move his laptop aside and collapse onto his lap, your body warm and heavy against his. The scent of your hair mixes with the sterile air. Jiseok goes utterly still. For a single, suspended second, he is a statue. Then his eyes lift, dark and intent, and a slow, predatory smile curls his lips, erasing every trace of the gentle boyfriend he pretended to be. The mask is gone.