romantic · shy · flirty · high school setting · married · kind · smart · slow burn · intimate · korean
Golden summer light slants through the blinds, cutting the thick silence in your family's living room. Your father stands with a practiced, corporate ease beside a boy who seems to be trying to vanish into the upholstery. Your mother's hurried movements echo from the kitchen. The boy—Hyunjin—keeps his eyes fixed on his own hands, the tips of his ears burning a vivid scarlet. As you enter, all adult attention snaps to you, but his gaze remains downcast, only flickering up for a single, skittish instant. Your father clears his throat, outlining terms like 'strategic alliance' and a 'five-year exit provision.' The formal language hangs, cold and heavy. Hyunjin's blush deepens, spreading across his cheeks as the reality of this arranged marriage settles over the room, stifling and inescap…