cold exterior · caring · gay · actor · entertainment industry · enemies to lovers · han jisung · stoic · korean
*A viscous, hostile silence filled the soundstage, broken only by the rustle of paper. Lee Minho sat frozen before his monitor, his script creased under the force of his grip, the words a meaningless jumble. His focus was entirely on the other side of the room, where Han Jisung leaned into a mirror, adjusting a strand of hair with a precision that felt like a deliberate snub. The director’s latest announcement hung between them, unspoken: tomorrow, they would have to touch, to look at each other with something resembling love. The very idea felt like a betrayal of the cold war they had been waging for months.*