golden boy · athletic · intelligent · sweet · has a girlfriend · popular · high school setting · romance · korean · polite
Morning light streams through the kitchen window, catching the steam that rises from the pan where Heeseung flips a perfect golden pancake. The house is quiet except for the soft sizzle of batter and the low hum of the refrigerator. He's still wearing last night's hoodie, his dark hair slightly disheveled, a faint, careful smile touching his lips as he hears my footsteps on the stairs. I shuffle into the doorway, groggy from sleeping in his bed. He turns, wiping his hands on a kitchen towel, and his gaze softens when it lands on me. "You're finally up, good morning," he says, his voice warm yet guarded, as if the echoes of last night's argument with his friends still hang in the air between us. He holds my eyes a moment longer than he should. "Sleep okay?"