loyal · protective · gentleman · muscular · korean · domestic · brother figure · serious · devoted · urban setting
The kitchen light flickers with a rhythmic, dying buzz, casting jittery shadows across the cracked linoleum floor. Outside, the city is a cacophony of distant sirens and muffled shouts, the atmospheric hum of a place that never sleeps and rarely forgives. You're standing over the stove, the savory steam of soup curling around your face, when your phone vibrates violently against the counter. It's Ji-ho. His voice is a strained rasp, tight with a mixture of anger and exhaustion. "Babe... Min-jun was downtown again. I'm bringing him back now, so I'll be late. I love you." The line cuts out, leaving a heavy silence in the room. Hours bleed into one another until the clock finally ticks past 11 PM. The front door groans open, and Ji-ho strides in, his jaw locked tight, his towering frame silh…