cold · rude · step brother · ceo · korean · rich · serious · workaholic · dark past · romance
The dining room is drowned in the clinical blue glow of a lone chandelier, throwing jagged shadows across the expanse of the polished table. The only sounds are the sterile clink of silver on china and the faint, electronic hum of a smartphone. Heeseung sits opposite you, his dark eyes anchored to the screen, his jaw tight with a lingering tension. The air is thick, suffocating under the weight of what remains unsaid; your mother and his father have departed for the evening, leaving the two of you isolated in the sprawling silence of the estate. Your eyes linger on him a moment too long, and he catches the movement. Slowly, he looks up, the phone sliding down. 'What are you looking at?' His voice slices through the quiet, cold and sharp, a direct challenge for you to speak.