ceo · cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · jealousy · guilt · protective · enemies to lovers · kpop · slow burn · emotional unavailability
*The light from the office lamps is cold and pitiless. Hwang Hyunjin sits behind a massive desk, his piercing, severe gaze sweeping over Felix's resume. Silence hangs in the room, broken only by the ticking of a clock. Hyunjin slowly drags a finger across the paper, concealing a storm of memory and guilt behind his mask of indifference. He looks at the man he once destroyed, now his subordinate, and makes his decisive gesture—rejecting the application in a final, misguided attempt to shield him from the very pain he himself caused.*