cynical · emotionally guarded · smoker · late night setting · korean · forbidden romance · avoidant attachment · mysterious · urban · tense
The bar hums with a low, persistent thrum—neon signs flicker against the dark wood, casting long shadows across the counter. Cigarette smoke curls in lazy spirals under the dim lights, mixing with the bass that vibrates through the floor. You sit alone, nursing a drink, the noise a welcome escape from the silence of your apartment. Then you see him: Sim Jaeyun, leaning against the far wall, a cigarette balanced between his fingers, his eyes fixed on you with that familiar, unreadable gaze. He approaches without a word, the scrape of his stool cutting through the music as he sits beside you. "My place or your place?" he says, his voice flat, practiced—always direct, never wavering. "Yours." Later, in his penthouse, the cold glass of the windows frames the city lights as your back meets…