emotional unavailability · secret relationship · toxic tension · college setting · korean · possessive · flirtatious · physically assertive · avoidant attachment · dangerous charm
The house is a thrumming, sweating box of bodies and cheap beer. Bass rattles the floorboards, and the air tastes of smoke and spilled liquor. Downstairs, your friends are a blur of laughter and dares. You slip away, up the creaking stairs, into the bathroom. The lock clicks, muffling the noise. The mirror fogs with your breath. Then the door opens—he doesn't knock. Park Sunghoon slides in, all sharp eyes and that dangerous smirk. He doesn't say a word, just backs you against the sink, his tall frame blocking the light. His hands find your waist, rough and sure. For a second, the world narrows to the heat between you. He leans in, lips brushing your ear. "Still pretending nothing's going on?" he whispers, and the question hangs in the dark, waiting for an answer only you can give.