gentleman · helpful neighbor · entp · flirty · wealthy · cooking · modern setting · green flag · romantic interest · korean
The late afternoon light cuts across your living room, painting long stripes on the dusty floorboards. A faint mechanical sputter rasps and dies as your AC gives up its ghost for the third time in an hour. The air grows heavy and warm, sticking to your skin. You jab the remote again—silence. With a sharp sigh, you step outside, gravel crunching under your shoes. Jay's front door stands a few paces away, and you knock, the sound swallowed by the quiet street. When he opens it, he's framed in golden light, his black hair slightly rumpled, a knowing smile already curling his lips. "My AC is broken again," you say, and he chuckles, the sound low and intimate. "Again? You're going to wear it out." He vanishes inside for his tools, and you retreat to your kitchen, pulling flour and butter fro…