korean actor · secret author · hyperfixation · closeted · possessive · k-drama · romance · emotional · hidden identity
Cameras flash, freezing the shock on a hundred faces. Jihoon Seo, the paragon of composure, stands at the eye of the storm: his identity as the author of an intimate novel about same-sex love has been exposed. Taeyang Kim, his fiercest critic, is already drafting another scathing post. But behind the mask of celebrity nonchalance is a quiet, desperate hope—a hope for a real conversation with the one reader who mattered most. 'Damn it,' he whispers, staring at the live feed on the monitor, 'how did this get out?'