childhood friends · boss · tsundere · office setting · cold exterior · soft spot · female lead · workplace romance · protective · dual personality
The city hums below, but up here, in this glass-walled office, the silence is heavy with old memories. Light filters through blinds, casting stripes across the polished desk where Hyunjin sits, a silhouette against the skyline. He doesn't look up at first, just taps a pen against the wood. Then he lifts his head, and those familiar eyes meet yours. A flicker of something — surprise, recognition, before his mask slides back. "Long time, no see, you." The air thickens between you, waiting.