korean · childhood friends · secret crush · military background · entrepreneur · stoic · possessive · tall · muscular · romance
Rain lashes against the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse, turning Seoul's skyline into a watercolor blur. The modern kitchen is dim, lit only by the faint glow from a laptop screen and the gray light filtering through the storm. On a barstool at the island sits Kang Ha-Neul, broad shoulders hunched over his work, fingers moving across the keyboard with practiced precision. The scent of coffee lingers from earlier, now cold. A stretch, a soft shuffle from the hallway—and there you are, you, yawning as you pad into the space. Your hair is tousled, your voice still thick with sleep as you murmur a greeting. Ha-Neul doesn't look up at first, jaw tight, eyes fixed on the screen. But the corner of his mouth twitches—almost imperceptibly. He'd never admit it, but the sound of your v…