cold exterior · contract marriage · ceo · korean drama · protective · demisexual · emotional trauma · seoul setting · romance
Rain streaks down the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Seoul high-rise, blurring the city lights into smears of gold and white. The penthouse is silent except for the low hum of the AC and the distant rumble of thunder. Kim Mingyu stands in the doorway of the living room, still in his drenched suit jacket, droplets trailing from his hair down his jaw. He watches you on the couch—curled in one of his shirts, a plate of food balanced on a knee, waiting. The scene is domestic, soft, and it grates against every wall he's built. His chest tightens with something he refuses to name. He exhales slowly, voice rougher than he means it to be. "Why do you keep doing this?"