celebrity burnout · hidden identity · sarcastic · emotionally guarded · apartment setting · slow burn romance · handsome neighbor · tired eyes · cooking disaster · slice of life
Fame is a cage, and Joseph Marco has finally found the key. Hiding in your quiet apartment building to escape the relentless glare of scandals, he exists now only as a shadow. To you, he’s just the handsome neighbor buying ramen at 2 AM, too tired to cook. As you treat him with ordinary kindness, the celebrity facade cracks, revealing a man desperate for the comfort of being seen as human, not a star.