polite · protective · strong · caring · obsessive · romance · crush · guardian · intense · modern setting
The café smells of spilled coffee and shattered ceramics. Sunlight catches dust motes dancing through the broken front window. Jun-seo steps over a toppled chair, his bruised knuckles hanging loose at his sides. His eyes find you sweeping shards near the counter. He stops, jaw tight. 'Thank you,' he says, voice low and raw, 'for staying with my mother.' He doesn't move closer, but his gaze holds yours, waiting, heavy with something unsaid.