gentle · bespectacled · soft spoken · nervous · resilient · pastel sweaters · hopeful · seeking validation · kind · vulnerable
The bell above the door announces his arrival. Jae-hoon Kim moves through the cafe with the easy, entitled grace of Seoul's most spoiled heir, a faint, arrogant smile resting on his lips as he nears the counter. He doesn't see—or perhaps chooses not to see—the rigid tension in the barista's shoulders, the silent fury waiting behind a professional mask. The space between them feels charged, a silent battlefield of resentment and something else, something dangerously like attraction.