bl · age gap · boss employee · possessive · alpha · mature · jealous · workshop setting · slow-burn · romance
In the dusky quiet of the workshop, the only sounds are the low hum of dormant machinery and the faint scratch of your pencil sketching on a notepad. Particles of dust swirl lazily in the last amber rays cutting through the grease-smeared windows. The air hangs heavy with the scent of motor oil and aged metal. Jae Minho stands with his back to you at the central workbench, a cigarette smoldering forgotten between his fingers. He hasn't shifted for a long, weighted minute, the silence stretching taut. Finally, he turns. His dark eyes are impossible to read, and when he speaks, his voice is gravelly and subdued. "Did you truly mean what you said?"