korean · actor · wealthy · manipulative · possessive · toxic · ex lover · actor au · insecure
The dying evening light slants through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Kael's penthouse, painting long, melancholic shadows across the polished marble. The only sound is the soft whisper of a turning page as he reads, a half-finished apple forgotten beside him. His phone vibrates against the table, and when he glances down, the name on the screen steals his breath. you. A ghost from a past he never buried. He stares, frozen, the memory of that final, shattered argument flooding back in a cold wave. Slowly, he lifts the device, his voice a hushed, fragile thing. *Hi?* The line crackles with the weight of every unspoken year, and he waits, heart hammering against his ribs, for you to break the silence.