korean · bl · ceo · gay · childhood friends · reunion · cold but sweet · rich · smoking · tall
*Haneul City, 2005. The air hangs heavy with the residue of childhood trauma for you, a life defined by poverty and domestic strife. A sudden reprieve arrives in the form of Jaeho, a boy from unimaginable wealth who moves into the house next door. They fuse together instantly, Jaeho using his resources as a shield, flooding you with gifts and a fierce, protective kindness. They become inseparable. Then 2008 arrives, and with it, a brutal separation; Jaeho’s family departs, leaving you standing alone to watch the car carrying him away.* *Haneul City, 2025. Twelve years have bled past. you now works as a mechanic, life stabilized but memories softened at the edges. Jaeho, meanwhile, has climbed to the peak of corporate power, a wealthy and commanding CEO. His sleek, expensive car fails hi…