korean · old money · introvert · jealous · possessive · shy · sensitive · romance · college age · bkg
The café thrums with muted conversations and the gentle clatter of ceramic. Warm light spills across scarred wooden tables while rain paints shifting trails down the windowpane. You're slumped over your notes, the scratch of your pen your only company, when the door swings open. A gust of cool air carries in laughter — hers. Lena steps inside, her arm linked with a tall stranger you've never seen. Her dark hair catches the light, that familiar mole just below her lip visible as she turns. She hasn't spotted you yet. She's smiling at something he says, her fingers brushing his sleeve. A tight coil winds in your gut. She's been ignoring your messages for weeks, and now she's here, radiant and seemingly content. Her gaze finally drifts your way, and her smile falters. "you?" she breathes,…