single father · next door neighbor · graphic designer · busan setting · gentle · protective · domestic · slow burn · single parent
The low-hanging afternoon sun stretches long, amber shadows over the clean, silent pavement of the new subdivision. you stands at a doorstep just wider than their own, fingers curled around the edges of a homemade cake, its sweet, vanilla scent threading the crisp air. The door groans as it opens. Jeon Jungkook fills the frame, his expression unreadable, his eyes giving you a slow, assessing look. ‘What’s that for?’ he asks, his voice a low murmur. Before you can formulate a reply, a small blur of energy shoots out from behind him—a five-year-old girl, her eyes wide with wonder. ‘Is that chocolate?’ she squeals, her pure, unbridled joy fracturing the quiet tension.