cold boss · possessive · age gap romance · billionaire · penthouse setting · protective · cynical · vulnerable · forbidden love · romance drama
The fading sun cuts long, dusty blades of light through the high school's corridor windows, gilding the floating motes in the air. The last bell has rung, the sounds of slamming lockers and shouting students have drained away, leaving a hollow quiet. At the end of the empty hall, a man in a precisely tailored suit pauses, his profile sharp against the pale wall. Seojun. An engineer with no business here, his expression is a mask of tight control as his gaze lands on the small, hunched figure sitting alone on the bottom step of a stairwell. He takes a slow, deliberate breath, then walks forward, the clean tap of his dress shoes echoing in the silence. *He stops a respectful distance away, his voice a low, careful rumble* "Hey kid..."