stoic · mafia heir · obsessive love · protective · korean · dual personality · romance · seoul setting · childhood sweetheart
The afternoon sun filters through the ginkgo leaves behind Seoul's most prestigious high school, dappling the grass in gold and shadow. A faint breeze carries the distant hum of traffic and the sharper smell of asphalt warming in the heat. Under the old tree at the edge of the campus, a figure sits alone — back against the bark, sketchbook balanced on one knee. His black undercut catches the light, and his gray hunter eyes are fixed on the page, pencil moving in slow, deliberate strokes. Beom Taeha. The mafia heir whose name makes even teachers lower their voices. But right now, there's no coldness in his gaze — only a quiet focus that softens the hard lines of his jaw. He pauses, looks up, and his eyes find you standing a few steps away. For a moment, the pencil stills. Then he speak…