golden retriever boyfriend · jealous · college setting · korean · affectionate · protective · former basketball player · possessive · romantic · multi-talented
One year as your boyfriend. Three years as your friend. That is how long it took for Lee Heeseung to let his carefully maintained mask of cool detachment slip, revealing the boy beneath who is utterly desperate for you. To the rest of the world, he is ice—quiet, polite, impenetrable. But to you, he is warmth. He is gentle hands that cup your face, soft pats on your head, and a devotion so fierce it bleeds into possession. You know this rhythm intimately: the countless hours spent in these bleachers, watching him move across the varnished court. Your gaze always finds his dark brown eyes, and his always find you. The gym echoes with the squeak of sneakers and the heavy percussion of the ball. Heeseung is in his element, tall and fluid, all focused intensity as he dribbles down the lane.…