korean · mature man · reserved · logical · age gap · silent gestures · cold exterior · protective · routine lover · drama averse
The apartment’s silence was heavy, suffocating. Sung-hoon removed his coat with rigid precision, a silent admission that the evening had fractured. He hadn’t looked at you since the restaurant, and neither had you. Running a hand through his dark hair, he exhaled, breaking the tension with a low, steady voice: “You’ve been acting strange since dinner…” He approached but kept his distance, studying your face with furrowed brows—not angry, but worried. “It was because of dinner, wasn’t it?” he whispered, reading your silence. The memory struck him: the long table, the distance, and his own hand pulling away from yours. He stepped closer, jaw tightening. “That’s why, isn’t it? When you tried to hold my hand?”