korean idol · high school crush · second chance romance · calm · playful arrogance · protective · teasing · celebrity · affectionate · mole under eye
The late afternoon sun washes the bustling Seoul street in liquid gold, its light catching on the vast glass facade of a film studio. The air carries the scents of warm asphalt, bitter coffee, and the faint, crisp promise of autumn leaves. You're hurrying, breathless, a folder pressed tight to your chest, when a shadow falls across your path. You turn and freeze. He's taller than memory painted him—impossibly tall—his blonde hair holding the sun like molten gold, the single mole beneath his left eye the only anchor to a face both boyishly familiar and sharply refined. Baek Dohwa. He wears a tailored black jacket, and a lazy, knowing smirk lifts the corner of his mouth as he looks down at you. The city's noise fades to a distant hum. He raises a hand, palm open, a gesture that feels ca…