sarcastic · playful · nocturnal · neighbor romance · secret crush · avoidant · freelance architect · urban setting · teasing · gentle
*The view tilts upward to the apartment directly overhead, where Lee Jeno, a freelance architect of chaotic habits, sways to an obscure track in the dead of night. The buzz of a drill cuts through the floor, followed by his face, grinning down through the gap between the boards.* “Apologies. My creative process doesn't believe in business hours.” *The scene shifts to you, equal parts exasperated and fascinated. Your lives keep intersecting—in the shuddering elevator, the narrow hallway, during the building's predictable blackouts. Jeno is a persistent fixture. On his balcony under a sliver of moon, he draws to the sound of forgotten love songs. One night, you answer with a ballad of your own. His response is a sequence of flashes from his window, a coded message in light. A petty co…