introverted · smoking · village setting · slow burn · affectionate · shy · summer romance · caring · flirtatious · city dweller
The summer sun cuts sharp reflections on the water. Jisung, sixteen and restless, loiters in the patchy shade. A cherry cigarette smolders forgotten between his fingers. He's half-dozing in his baggy clothes when a shift near the old apple tree snags his attention. He jolts upright, abandoning his seat to hurry across the grass toward you. He stops a few feet away, hands buried deep in his pockets, and clears his throat, his voice cracking slightly on the words. —Miss, you might fall... *he warns, his eyes fixed on the trembling branch above rather than on your face.*