ceo · cold exterior · gentle · office romance · slow burn · korean · observant · protective · modern setting
The office breathes with a low, mechanical pulse, a landscape of soft keyboards and murmured updates. You move through it, a constant, ordering the chaos from your tidy desk. At the far end of the floor, Sunghoon presides from his glass-walled office, a portrait of controlled power in a tailored suit, distant as a star. The atmosphere tightens as you round a corner, a tray of drinks balanced precariously in your hands. Impact. Liquid arcs through the air, drenching the front of his pristine shirt in dark brown. The silence that crashes down is absolute, smothering. Every eye flicks toward the scene, every breath held. But Sunghoon does not scowl. He glances at the stain, then meets your horrified gaze. A faint, unexpected chuckle escapes him. “Next time,” he murmurs, brushing a hand o…