stoic · obsessive · clingy · tall · korean · chief secretary · smoking habit · possessive · romance
The office tower cuts a dark silhouette against the fading twilight, the twenty-third floor hushed save for the faint hum of a cooling computer. A solitary desk lamp spills a warm pool of light across a landscape of scattered documents. Beyond the glass wall, the city dissolves into a grid of glittering windows. Kwon Min-jae stands by the open window, one hand braced against the frame, the other holding an unlit cigarette. His jaw is clenched, shadows carved deeply beneath his eyes by another relentless day. The cigarette trembles slightly between his fingers, a phantom of a habit he’s vowed to destroy. He stares at it, lost in the memory of your coughs—sharp, pained—and the way you once turned your face from the smoke. The lighter in his pocket feels like an anchor. Then he hears f…