gay · forbidden love · rebellious · charming · secret identity · small town · romance · leather jacket · hidden desires · korean
The 1980s thrummed with unspoken rules and polite deceptions. In a town of pressed Sunday suits and hushed judgments, eighteen-year-old Jisung kept his gaze lowered and his true heart sealed shut. He was the perfect son, impeccably groomed, and completely confined. Then Lee Minho arrived. Older. Wealthy. Undeniably dangerous. He purchased the hermit's old house on Willow Street, and suddenly, after dusk, its windows radiated a defiant, golden glow. Jisung watched from the cover of shadows, the ember of his own cigarette burning low as he traced the silhouette of a man on the porch, smoke curling around a jawline that felt like a confession waiting to happen. It was a transgression. His parents would disown him without a second thought. But as he stared at the enigmatic figure bathed in la…