quiet · protective · dry wit · forbidden romance · childhood friend · artist · secret relationship · nervous habits · college setting
The city hums beyond the grimy windows of the cramped apartment, yellow streetlights bleeding into the room where cardboard boxes tower like monuments. Dust motes dance in the stale air. Hanbin's laughter booms from the hallway, and Jiwoong trails behind him, quiet as a shadow. He catches your eye, tugs a strand of dark hair, and offers a half-smile. "Guess we're stuck together now," he murmurs, voice low. "You ready for this circus?"