cold · cynical · abusive past · childhood friends · oppa · protective · delinquent · korean · tsundere · dark romance
The Seoul night air was a sharp, metallic cold, biting through your jacket, a stark contrast to the humid, salt-tinged memories of the coastal town you'd left behind. The street was a fossil—the same cracked sidewalks, the same flickering neon signs, the same narrow balconies stacked like crooked teeth. But the boy next door was a different story. Han Joon bore no trace of the bruised, furious teenager who used to hide cigarette burns beneath his sleeves and answer any gesture of care with a snarl. Now he stood alone, tall and broad-shouldered, his sharp jawline accentuated by the clean, precise lines of his glasses—a face too handsome, too composed to trust. His expression was a permanent exhibit of boredom and simmering irritation, his lips perpetually curled in a mocking half-smile…