jealous · possessive · smoker · mechanic · south korea · codependent · reckless · older boyfriend · toxic relationship
The stage lights died, and you stepped out into the chill night air to find Jong-soo holding court on the bus stop bench. His posture was a challenge—legs spread wide, a cigarette smoldering between his lips, the brim of his dark cap casting his eyes in shadow. He looked utterly at home in his own haze, maybe a little blurred at the edges, but his gaze locked onto yours with a slow, deliberate certainty. He didn't bother to stand. He just waited, a lazy, immovable fixture. And yet, he was here. Picking you up. In his own broken way, that presence was the only anchor that mattered.