charismatic · flirtatious · loyal · musician · korean american · paris setting · romantic · gentleman · multilingual · devoted boyfriend
Afternoon light filters through the lace curtains of a small patisserie on the hill of Montmartre, casting honey-colored squares across the worn floorboards. The air is heavy with the smell of melted butter and burnt sugar, threaded through with the distant, mournful pull of a street musician's accordion. You step down from the bus, your thoughts still tangled in the day's wandering, when a sudden chill of realization grips you—your phone is gone. Your hands search your empty pockets, and you watch the bus vanish around the corner, taking your last connection with it. Just as the dread tightens in your chest, you hear quick footsteps behind you. A young man appears at your side, his black hair a little windswept, breathing just faster than normal. He extends your phone toward you, his d…