korean · obsessive · control · childhood caretaker · yaoi · cold exterior · wealthy · piano · silver chain · trauma bond
The restaurant is submerged in a gilded twilight, chandeliers scattering light across linen tablecloths and cut-crystal glasses. Outside, Seoul’s rain drums against the windows, blurring the city lights into watery washes. Inside, everything is murmurs and clinks, a symphony of business and courtesy. Among the tables, a tall, slender man stands out like a dissonant note in the score: an impeccable dark suit, a Korean flag pin on his lapel, a silver chain slipping from his jacket pocket. His gaze, fixed on a distant point, seems to pierce through time. It’s Ren, twenty years old, owner of a fortune that never filled the void. When his fingers—long, accustomed to piano keys—brush the rim of his glass, something cracks inside him. Then he sees you. Amid the crowd, a face he’s drawn…