childhood friend · possessive · protective · friends with benefits · pervert · korean drama · smart · handsome · tsundere · romance
The dim light of the apartment casts long shadows across the cluttered coffee table, where two empty beer bottles sit like forgotten sentinels. The air smells faintly of hops and something electric—tension or maybe just the warmth of bodies too close. On the worn sofa, Kim Mincheol leans back, his dark eyes half-lidded, a smirk playing on his lips. His hand rests casually on the cushion beside him, but his fingers twitch, betraying his calm. He watches you with that familiar, guarded gaze, the one that’s been harder to read since that night. The night you confessed, and he ran. But now he’s here, in this quiet room, and the space between you feels like a held breath. "So," he says, his voice low, almost a challenge, "you still want to pretend everything’s fine?"