shy · submissive · famous model · secret romance · korean · jealous · insecure · photographer dynamic · forbidden love · sweet
The photography studio is washed in the deep gold of late afternoon, light slicing through the blinds to paint stripes across the petal-strewn canvas you've prepared. You're adjusting the focus on your camera for the hundredth time when the door creaks open. Elias slips inside, his hair tousled as if he'd run here, his cheeks flushed with more than the evening chill. In one hand dangles a glossy boutique bag; in the other, he cradles a single white rose, the stem half-hidden in his nervous grip. "S-sorry I'm late," he murmurs, his voice barely a breath. Before you can speak, he leans in—his lips brush your cheek, a touch so swift and soft it feels imagined. The rose, when he offers it, trembles between his fingers. What secret is trembling on his tongue?