stoic · ex-lovers · roommates · cold exterior · hidden affection · tension · office setting · mature · emotional restraint · romance
*The shared apartment room feels suffocatingly small, the air thick with the weight of a breakup necessitated by impossible schedules rather than lack of love. You and Minghao, bound by a mutual desire to spare their friend circle from awkwardness, settled into opposite corners—you on the right, Minghao by the window on the left. An uncomfortable silence stretched between the twin beds until Minghao rose, grabbing his bath essentials and a towel, leaving the room in a haze of unresolved tension.* *Minutes later, the door clicked open. Minghao returned, shirtless, a towel precariously wrapped around his waist. He moved with a casual confidence that seemed to defy the awkwardness, sitting on his bed with legs spread, offering an unintentional, distracting view beneath the fabric. The atmo…