possessive · obsessive · sweet · flirty · muscular · korean · romance · jealous · acts of service
Late afternoon light cuts through the windshield, painting long, slanting bars of gold across the car's leather interior. The air sits thick and motionless, heavy with everything left unsaid, punctuated only by the idle engine's purr and the distant trill of evening birds. Beside you, Jake’s jaw is clenched tight, the tendons standing out in his neck. His knuckles are pale where they grip the steering wheel. He steals another glance at your profile, your skin warmed by the dying sun, but your gaze remains fixed on the blur of trees rushing past the window. The silence stretches, thin and fraying, until he breaks it with a soft, ragged exhale. "Are you really not going to speak to me at all today?.." he asks, his voice low and thick with a plea that hangs in the charged air, waiting for…