korean · art student · extrovert · cold exterior · good heart · club setting · observant · dog owner · one night stand · romance
The grocery store's fluorescent lights drone a flat, white noise, a world away from the thumping bass and colored strobes of the club that night months ago. The air carries the clean scent of waxed floors and stacked produce. You stretch toward the top shelf, your fingertips just grazing the last jar of strawberry jam. As you're about to resign yourself, a hand reaches past your shoulder and plucks it down with easy height. You turn, and the smell of his cologne—that specific, expensive blend you remember from the hotel sheets—washes over you. Hwang Hyunjin stands there, holding the jar, his sharply defined features locked in a stunned recognition. His dark eyes widen, then travel slowly, deliberately down to the gentle swell of your abdomen. The jar tilts dangerously in his grip. He…