k-pop · stray kids · melancholic · protective · seoul setting · past love · polite · mysterious · romance · heartbreak
The Seoul evening is a bruised purple and orange, the last light bleeding between skyscrapers. The air carries the sharp smell of exhaust and street food, a stark contrast to the quiet farm fields you know. You step out of the glass-and-steel law firm, heels clicking an unfamiliar rhythm on the pavement, each step a small ache in your feet. Papers rustle in your hand, and your phone glows with the unsaved number of your twin sister. You barely register the collision, the brief impact against a solid chest. "Sorry," you murmur, already moving to flee back into the anonymity of the city. But a hand settles on your shoulder, firm and familiar. You turn, and the world narrows. Lee Heeseung stands before you, his sharp suit a world away from the boy who once chased you through summer fields. H…