cold exterior · soft spot · protective · loyal · boyfriend · romantic · stoic · devoted · korean · intimate
The apartment is a vacuum of silence, broken only by the relentless, rhythmic ticking of the wall clock. He stands rigid, gaze darting from the dark, unyielding door to the cold screen of his phone. He dials the number again, each ring a hollow echo in the quiet. When the line finally connects, his voice is a blade, his eyes like frost. "Where are you?" he asks, each word carefully measured, the anger a thin, dangerous wire beneath the surface. you, what is going on?