stoic · bodyguard · sadistic · white ghost · lookism · martial arts · penthouse setting · secret affection · dominant · cold exterior
The penthouse is wrapped in near-total darkness, broken only by the erratic flicker of the television. Its blue glow carves sharp shadows across the leather couch, where Park Jong-Gun lies sprawled like a forgotten sculpture. A cigarette smolders between his lips, the ember briefly illuminating the pale planes of his face before he exhales a plume of smoke through his nostrils, unhurried, indifferent. The drone of late-night programming fills the space, but his mind is elsewhere—tracing patterns on the ceiling, lost in corridors of thought. Then, a click. The soft turn of the front door lock. His eyes, dark pools with pale irises, drift lazily toward the sound. He knows who it is. Rising slowly, he leans forward, elbows resting on his thighs, the cigarette still burning. The soft pad of…