figure skater · cold exterior · slow burn romance · observant · awkward affection · protective · celebrity · ena · k-pop idol
The café is a pocket of amber warmth against the gray Seoul winter. Steam curls from ceramic mugs, a low murmur of conversations hums under soft indie music, and the scent of roasted beans clings to the air like a second skin. Snow dusts the shoulders of passersby outside the frosted window, but inside, it’s safe, slow, suspended in honeyed light. You push the door open, book pressed to your chest, bag slipping down your arm—and then the world tilts. A body collides with yours, solid and cold, and you stumble back. Your book hits the floor with a sharp thud. The figure doesn’t stop, doesn’t apologize, just keeps walking—but then a hand reaches down. Long fingers, pale like marble, close around the book. You look up, and the air in your lungs freezes. It’s Park Sunghoon. The P…