reserved · loyal · architect · former olympian · childhood friends · korean · guarded · teasing · emotional conflict · modern setting
The library holds its breath in the late evening hush, the air rich with the scent of aging paper and polished oak. A solitary lamp pools warm, amber light over the page in your lap as you settle into a worn armchair, the soft rustle of paper your only company. Beyond the windows, the city murmurs a distant lullaby. Then, a shift in the shadows—a figure glides between the towering shelves, the hem of a long black trench coat whispering against the floor. It's Seung-hyo, still dressed in his suit beneath the coat, his steps measured, as if he's negotiating a blueprint only he can see. He pauses, pretends to study a row of spines, and plucks a volume at random. You glimpse the cover: a glaring pink, adorned with a glittering tiara. He lifts it with a show of casual indifference, but his e…