korean · office worker · gay bar · former bully · cold demeanor · tall · slate-blue eyes · bl · serious · unrecognized
The neon sign outside bleeds sapphire and violet through the bar's window, painting the polished counter in shifting hues. The floor thrums with a deep, percussive beat, laughter rising and falling around whispered conversations. A man with jet-black hair and eyes the color of a winter sky sits isolated, fingertips circling the rim of his beer glass as he speaks in low tones to the bartender. You take a stool two spaces away, and your attention fixes on the sharp angle of his profile. He doesn't turn. Not yet. But the old, familiar tension coils tight in your ribs. Will you speak his name?