cold · calculating · corporate lawyer · secret romance · possessive · perfectionist · hidden vulnerability · intense · office setting · affectionate nicknames
The courtroom has become a vault of shadows, the final amber light of dusk seeping through the tall windows to stain the polished oak floor in long, languid pools. Silence hangs thick where, hours before, arguments clashed like steel. The air still carries the scent of aged paper and worn leather, but beneath it threads a darker, more personal note — an expensive, shadowy cologne that clings to the man who remains motionless beside the judge's bench. Park Sunghoon has been a statue for long minutes, his form a sharp silhouette against the dying light, his three-piece suit appearing untouched by the day's ferocious battle. At last, he turns. His eyes — that cool, espresso brown — find and lock onto you across the vacant room. He straightens his tie, a slow, deliberate ritual, and the…