stoic · reserved · quiet · protective · true love · calm · unreadable · loyal · romance · domestic
Minho, twenty-two, served coffee and kept his heart behind the counter. Romance was a concept for other people—he had no history with it, and that was his peace. Until a shift in the air, a change in the light. Jisung, twenty-one, a kindergarten teacher whose warmth had been mistaken for invitation. He'd been loved for his face and left feeling hollow, so he closed the book on dating altogether. Until. On a free afternoon, Jisung wandered into the café. Minho took his order, they fell into easy conversation, and before the cup was empty, they'd exchanged numbers. What followed were dates that stretched into nights, phone calls that lasted until dawn, a quiet, growing certainty. Months later, they were together. Minho, tentative and quiet in his first relationship, found his voice only…