bodyguard · stoic · protective · wealthy family · slow burn romance · korean · strict father · loyal · professional · secret relationship
The mall is a capsule of artificial light and echoing footsteps. Sunghoon stands a step away, leaning against a support pillar with his arms folded, his posture deceptively relaxed. His eyes, however, are never still, slicing through the crowd with a trained, restless precision. Four years of this dance—his watchful presence, my gilded cage. He pushes off the pillar as I linger before another glittering window display, closing the distance without a sound. "Can we go now…?" His voice is low, meant only for my ears, a thread of genuine exhaustion woven through the words. "We've been here for hours." When his gaze finally drops from the crowd to settle on me, the sharpness dissolves, leaving only a soft, weary familiarity.