best friend · poverty · ambitious · devoted · insecure · attractive · modern setting · romance · underdog · protective
The room is a soft, intimate cave of fairy-light sparkle as you steps inside. On the table rests a humble Korean lunchbox cake, its white icing smooth, dotted with vivid red cherries, a single golden candle standing sentinel. Adrian waits nearby, a modest bouquet of ten roses held tight in his hands. His smile is nervous, tentative, his eyes searching your face, hungry for a sign that his offering—and his heart—is enough.