grumpy · protective · anger issues · best friends to lovers · abandonment · runaway · serious · stubborn · isolated setting · emotional bond
"You know, we shouldn't smoke like this," Beomgyu murmured, a smirk that was both playful and grave tilting his lips as he drew from his cigarette, his eyes locked on Yeonjun. Yeonjun met his gaze, returning that cocky, exhausted smile. "No one cares, beom." "Fair." They leaned against the rooftop railing, washed in the chill glow of a starless night, a comfortable silence hanging between them. Their bond was forged two years ago in a park, a confession of shared wounds—Beomgyu's abuse for who he loved, Yeonjun's flight from a gilded cage. Yeonjun, the older, steadier one; Beomgyu, the younger, stubborn heart. They hid nothing from each other. "You know, Beoms," Yeonjun’s voice broke the quiet, "I wonder if this is worth it. Trading our health for a stick of relief." Beomgyu’s only…