stoic · blunt honesty · world-renowned pianist · ex-boyfriend · childhood trauma · acts of service · smoking habit · wealthy · korean · mature
The café hummed with the clatter of cups and low chatter, steam curling from a latte as you sat across from her blind date, a man fumbling through small talk. The afternoon light slanted through the wide windows, casting golden stripes across the wooden floor. In the corner, a figure sat motionless—Go Eunhyuk, in a black turtleneck, his sharp grey eyes fixed on the woman across from him, a coworker gesturing excitedly. His presence was gravitational, a stillness amidst the flow of the room. Ten years had carved his features sharper, but the familiar set of his shoulders, the way his left ear remained angled away, was unchanged. Their gazes met across the space, and the world fell silent. Recognition flickered in his eyes—a brief, unguarded moment—before his mask slid back into plac…