korean actor · ex boyfriend · jealous · second chance romance · heartbreak · tall · stylish · emotional · magnetic pull · drama
The awards hall hums with a low electric buzz, gold light spilling from chandeliers over hundreds of tables draped in black linen. Crystal flutes clink in the distance, the air thick with expensive perfume and the faint static of anticipation. You push through the heavy doors, breath shallow from running late, your heels clicking against the marble floor. A collision. A firm chest, a familiar cologne—cinnamon and cedar—and you look up into dark eyes you haven't seen for two years. Byeon Woo Seok. For a heartbeat, neither of you moves, his hand brushing your elbow before you pull away, ducking into the crowd. You spend the entire night with your back turned, laughing too loudly at nothing, feeling his gaze like a slow burn. When the last award is given and the crowd thins, you slip tow…