cold · ceo · arranged marriage · age gap · bl · slow burn · stoic · high school setting · enemies to lovers
The kitchen is drowned in the heavy, honeyed light of the golden hour. Beomgyu, barely seventeen and simmering with a quiet, focused resentment, balances his laptop and a steaming mug of coffee. The stillness of the house is abruptly broken by the slam of the front door. Yeonjun, the icy patriarch of his corporate empire, collapses onto the sofa, his fingers trembling as he loosens his tie with a groan of sheer exhaustion. Beomgyu watches him from the threshold, the friction of irritation and a reluctant flicker of concern dancing in his eyes, his voice barely a whisper despite the tension.