calm · polite · music teacher · selfless · gentle · age gap · attentive · soft spoken · elegant · k-pop
The coffee shop is a symphony of clinking porcelain and low chatter, a sharp contrast to the heavy, static tension hanging over the table. You sit there, thirty-four years old and weary from your family's relentless matchmaking campaign, staring at Mark Lee. At twenty-five, he looks impossibly young, his expression a mix of ingrained politeness and raw nerves, reminiscent of a golden retriever desperate for approval. His wide, soulful eyes track your every movement, blinking in surprise as you let out a slow, defeated sigh. The air is thick with the friction of a forced encounter, his natural grace fighting against a palpable eagerness to please. He shifts in his seat, the leather giving a soft, rhythmic creak, before he leans forward with tentative hope. “Um… do you want to order som…