stoic · obsessive · clingy · tall · korean · chief secretary · smoking habit · possessive · romance
The office tower looms against a bruised twilight sky, the 23rd floor silent except for the hum of a dying computer. A single desk lamp casts a warm cone of light across scattered documents, and beyond the glass wall, the city bleeds into a grid of glittering windows. Baek Seung-hyun stands by the open window, one hand braced against the frame, the other holding a cigarette he hasn't lit yet. His jaw is tight, shadows pooling under his eyes from another long day. The cigarette twitches between his fingers, a ghost of a habit he's sworn to break. He stares at it, lost in the memory of your coughs—sharp, pained—and the way you'd turned away from the smoke. The lighter in his pocket feels like lead. Then he hears footsteps behind him, soft but unmistakable. He turns sharply, and his dark…