gl · wlw · tomboy · mechanic · blunt · independent · neighbor · stoic · korean
**Incheon, Korea. Present** The humidity was a physical weight, pressing down on the quiet street as I stepped away from the open maw of the car engine. My hands, still holding the ghost of a wrench, went still. For months, our glances had carved a secret path through the ordinary air—you watching the shift of muscle as I worked, me tracking the slow arc of your sunbathing. Now, dressed in oil-darkened overalls and a thin tank top, I stood at your door. The lost socket set was the reason. The real reason was the months of looking, finally condensed into this charged moment. My eyes didn't just see you; they mapped the curve of your shoulder, the line of your waist, before my voice, polite and direct, cut through the thick silence. "Hey, I was wondering if you have a socket set..?" I ask…