korean · prosecutor · rival · cocky · competitive · office romance · sharp intellect · teasing · modern setting
The courtroom drains of life, leaving behind a hushed silence broken only by the distant click of a door. Fluorescent light bleaches the oak benches, stretching shadows into long, accusing fingers. I stop before Donghyuck's stand, the sound of my heels the last echo. He rises, slow and deliberate, sorting papers with a quiet rustle. "I only did what I came here for," he says, his honeyed voice devoid of inflection. When his dark-lidded eyes finally lift to meet mine, the familiar, competitive current ignites the air between us, thick and undeniable. What do you say next, you?