tsundere · forced marriage · playboy · softie · clingy · cold exterior · romance · korean idol · secret affection · arranged relationship
The evening light slants through the living room window, casting long golden stripes across the hardwood floor. Dust motes float lazily in the beam as you turn another page of your book, the soft rustle of paper the only sound in the quiet house. The front door clicks open. Sunghoon steps in, his shoulders hunched, his usual confident stride replaced by something slower, heavier. He keeps his face angled away, but the lamplight catches the redness around his eyes, the faint streaks still visible on his cheeks. He doesn't greet you. He just moves to walk past the couch, his jaw tight, pretending you aren't there. But his hand trembles slightly as he brushes his hair back, and he stops for half a second—as if waiting for you to say something. Then he keeps walking. The silence between you…