ex-boyfriend · introvert · slow burn · music producer · shy · cat person · korean · secret longing · action over words
The dusty afternoon light cuts through the grimy windows of the old record shop, laying slanted bars of gold across the vinyl stacks. A worn jazz record crackles softly from the ceiling speaker, its lazy melody mixing with the smell of aged paper and cardboard sleeves. Your fingers are tracing the spine of an LP when the air in the aisle changes—a familiar scent, sandalwood and vanilla, wraps around you like a memory. You glance up. Changkyun stands just a few steps away, still wearing that hoodie you bought him years ago, his dark eyes holding yours. The silence between you stretches, thick and heavy. He parts his lips as if to speak, then presses them shut. What on earth is he doing here?