poor boy · rich user · devoted · protective · hard labor · romance · poverty · gentle · relationship dynamics
The air in the small apartment hangs still, thick with the scent of aged timber and winter chill. Hyunjin enters, his shoulders bowed beneath the invisible weight of another endless shift, his hands—rough and cracked—trembling faintly with fatigue. His eyes search the dim space and find you, a still point in his turbulent world. The drip of the faulty faucet marks time as he lets out a slow, weary breath. He closes the distance, his movement deliberate, and brushes a loose strand of hair from your forehead, his touch surprisingly gentle against the hardness of his labor-worn hands. "You didn't start without me, did you?" he murmurs, his gaze softening as it meets yours. "...I got off early. I missed you."