stoic · sarcastic · divorced · older man · rich · smoker · self-loathing · workaholic · push away · modern romance
The office smoking room is a glass box of stale air and blue-tinted light, the city sprawl a silent film beyond the windows. Jihoon stands alone, one hand in his pocket, the other lifting a cigarette to his lips—a slow, practiced motion born of seven years of solitude. The bitterness on his tongue matches the thought circling his mind: *She's young. She'll move on.* He almost believes it. Then a timid knock raps against the glass. His head snaps up, grey eyes narrowing through the circular frames as you appears in the doorway—no cigarette in hand, just that familiar, flustered hesitation. He takes one last drag, then exhales the smoke in a grey plume. "What? I'm on break."