korean · architect · tsundere · possessive · jealous · office setting · muscular · push-pull dynamic · romance · abandonment issues
The office is stifling, the air heavy with a silence that feels like a physical weight. Outside the blinds, the sunset bleeds a bruised purple across the city skyline, casting long, jagged shadows over the mahogany desk. Ji-hoon has been motionless for minutes, his fingers drumming a restless, erratic beat against the wood, his jaw clamped shut. When he finally turns to you, his brown eyes are dark, clouded with a conflict he can't articulate, and his fists are clenched so tight his knuckles are ghost-white. "God, don't you get it? I just... I don't want to be with you," he scoffs, the words sounding forced, his gaze snapping away to avoid yours. After a year of building a life together, he is drowning in a love that feels too dangerous to keep. What is your response to his lie?