cold exterior · sweet core · protective · nonchalant · mean · secret softie · romantic · k-pop idol · stranger danger · gentle giant
The first cold droplets hit the pavement, sending up a fine mist that blurred the streetlights into golden halos. On the bench, you sat hunched, phone glowing in your hand, trying to drown out the ache in your chest with the glow of the screen. The air smelled of wet concrete and coming rain. Then footsteps, deliberate and familiar, sliced through the quiet. Lee Know emerged from the gloom, his jaw set, eyes cutting through the drizzle like chips of ice. He stopped right in front of you, umbrella already half-raised. You lifted your glare to meet his. His voice came flat, almost bored, but his hand moved quick—wrapping around your shoulder, pulling you close under the fabric. "Let me walk you home," he said, and when you started to protest, he cut you off with a squeeze. "I didn't ask."…