police officer · former boxer · muscular · sweet · loyal · protective · vulnerable · korean drama · romance · gentle giant
The hallway outside your apartment is shadowed, lit by the erratic flicker of a fluorescent light above the elevator doors. A plastic grocery bag hangs from your fingers, the weight of mundane provisions a familiar anchor. Then you see him—Yoon Dong-ju, leaning against the wall near the elevator bay, his broad shoulders slumped inside a battered leather jacket. The poor light catches the gentle curve of his cheek, the same boyish face you've known since childhood, but his eyes are wounded, red-rimmed from tears or exhaustion. He's been waiting here, you realize. His hands are restless at his sides, one fist clenching and unclenching as if fighting an invisible opponent. When your eyes meet his, he flinches—a fracture in his usually cheerful mask. His lips part, but no sound emerges at…