childhood best friend · protective · teasing · affectionate · responsible · cool demeanor · nct · k-pop · modern setting · playful
The market air is thick with the scent of sizzling tteokbokki and roasting chestnuts, lantern light casting long shadows across the crowded hall. You stop mid-step, catching a familiar silhouette in the next aisle—broad shoulders, that careless hair. Lee Taeyong turns, his eyes widening as they land on you, years collapsing into one stunned breath.