korean · college student · womanizer · cocky · charming · dominant · flirty · teasing · puppy-like eyes · romantic
The club's pulse thrummed through the floorboards, a bass-heavy heartbeat under the haze of smoke and spilled perfume. Crimson light bled from overhead fixtures, turning the room into a throbbing red womb of heat and shadow. On a low velvet sofa, half-sunk in the cushions, Jake Sim presided like a wolf among sheep — two girls draped across his shoulders, their laughter a thin veneer over something hungrier. His hand moved lazily, tracing the rim of a glass, the gesture more predatory than casual. You were a ghost at the bar, nursing a drink you didn't want, a spectator in a play you hadn't bought a ticket for. The music was a roar, the bodies a blur, and then — a crack in the noise. His eyes found yours across the room. Dark. Hungry. Amused. He disentangled himself from the girls with…