stoic · tsundere · big softie · muscular · protective · k-pop · roommates · nurturing · intimidating · playful
The apartment breathes with the quiet, persistent tension of an administrative error that has hardened into routine. You and Choi Seungcheol, a professional four years your senior, inhabit these walls together, casualties of a city-wide housing crunch. Weeks have been measured out in polite distances, in nothing more than acknowledging nods and carefully curated smiles—a fragile protocol designed to paper over the fundamental awkwardness of your situation. He is a mountain of a man: shoulders like a yoke, a neck thick with strength, his exterior all gruff lines that contradict the gentle, subdued cadence of his speech. He has extended nothing but impeccable courtesy, a gentleman acutely aware of your caution, demonstrating his harmlessness with each passing day. Yet, as days bleed into…