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mosabsdr · 3 days ago
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💬 Just a Small Update, and a Big Thank You
Dear friends, kind hearts, and everyone who has stood with us,
When I first opened my heart to the world and shared our story, I never imagined the amount of love and solidarity we would receive. Thanks to your incredible support, we’ve now reached $12,837—a milestone that brings real light to some very dark days.
From the deepest corners of my heart, thank you.
💔 A Journey of Loss, but Also of Strength
As many of you know, I’ve lost 25 of my loved ones during this devastating war. That grief lives with me every single day. It’s in the silence that once held laughter, in the empty spaces where we once gathered as a family.
But through your help, I’ve also felt something else: hope. And that hope is priceless.
“21/Oct/2023 Before It Reached Us: The Day Our Neighbor’s House Was Destroyed” A quiet moment of fear, filmed just before everything changed.
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“22/Oct/2023 The Morning After: Our Family Home in Ruins” This is what was left behind after the bombing of our home.
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🌿 What Life Looks Like for Us Now
Despite everything, we’re still here. Still surviving. Still hoping.
But things have only gotten harder.
The war has returned, more brutal than before—and for over a month now, Gaza has been completely sealed off. No food is coming in. No medical supplies. No aid. No trade. No one is allowed to leave, and no one is allowed to enter.
We’re trapped.
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🏚 We live with the fear of tomorrow, every single day. Airstrikes, drones, and the uncertainty of what might happen next. 👨‍👩‍👧 Our family is forever changed—we haven’t just lost people; we’ve lost pieces of ourselves. 📉 Basic needs go unmet—even clean water feels like a luxury now. Medicines, if they exist at all, are unreachable.
And yet…
Your support reminds us that we’re not forgotten. It reminds us that someone, somewhere, is still listening. That someone still cares. That we’re not completely alone in this.
Every message. Every share. Every dollar. It tells us: You’re walking this road with us. And that gives us the strength to keep going.
💖 What You Can Do
If you’ve already donated—thank you beyond words. If you can share our story again, it could reach someone who can help.
Even $5 means warmth, comfort, and a chance to breathe a little easier.
✨ Why It All Matters
This isn’t just about reaching a fundraising goal. It’s about surviving war with dignity. It’s about believing in tomorrow. It’s about making sure my daughter grows up knowing that the world did not look away.
Thank you for your kindness, patience, and belief in our humanity. You’ve helped me find my voice—and I will use it to keep hope alive.
🙏 From the Heart: A Quiet Apology
There’s something I need to say—something that’s been on my heart for some time.
When I first began sharing our story, I didn’t know what the right way was. I was scared, grieving, and trying to protect my family in any way I could. I reached out to many people, hoping someone, anyone, would see us. In that process, I now realize I may have overstepped, and I might have made some feel overwhelmed.
If that happened, I am truly sorry.
Please believe me when I say it was never out of disregard or pushiness. It came from a place of fear—fear of being forgotten, fear of not being able to keep my family safe, fear of watching everything I love slip away in silence.
I’m learning as I go. I’ve slowed down. I’m more mindful now, trying to share our journey in a way that feels respectful of the space and hearts of those listening.
If my words ever came at the wrong time, or in the wrong way, I hope you can understand where they came from—and I hope you can forgive me.
Thank you for seeing past my mistakes. Thank you for still being here. It means more than I can ever explain.
Vetted by @gazavetters ( #309 )
With love and endless gratitude, Mosab and family ♥️
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kxsagi · 3 days ago
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okay HEAR ME OUT. rin, with small reader like she's just too small compared to rin. and like rin invited reader to sit on his lap and had a short conversation. and then rin gets a cuteness aggression. like he can't resist her anymore! then they do a make-up session. pls i love how u write bllk characters. I LOVE YOUR WRITING
“𝐧𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥”
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a/n: THANK YOU!!! as a super small girlie that's barely making it past 5 feet, this is super cute
(don't know art credits but he is just so... majestic)
you’re just… small. 
that’s the only word rin can really focus on when you step into his room wearing his hoodie, the sleeves drooping over your hands, the hem brushing past your thighs like a dress. you look up at him from the doorway with those wide eyes and a shy “hi,” and it just snaps something inside of him. 
he pats his lap. “come here.” 
you blink. “huh?” 
he doesn't repeat it, just gives you that look. the one that always means i’m not asking again. and well… you’ve never exactly said no to rin itoshi. 
you tiptoe over, climbing onto his lap like you’ve done it a thousand times before. even with your legs curled up, you barely take up any space. he wraps his arms around your waist, resting his chin on your shoulder, and lets out a sigh like he’s been holding his breath all day. 
“you’re seriously so small,” he mutters against your neck. 
you huff, leaning back into him. “you say that like i’m a hamster.” 
“hamsters don’t make my heart hurt like this,” he says flatly. 
you twist around in his lap to give him a look. “what kind of line is that?” 
but rin’s not joking. his hands tighten on your hips, and his brows knit together like he’s genuinely pained. “you don’t get it,” he grumbles. “you’re sitting on me like this. wearing my hoodie. all soft and warm and tiny. how the hell am i supposed to function.” 
you bite back a smile, cheeks heating up. “you’re so dramatic.” 
“i’m serious,” he growls, dragging a hand through his hair like he’s one second away from short-circuiting. “you’re like a pocket-sized girlfriend. i could fit you in my duffel bag.” 
“rin –” 
“no. i’m going insane. i want to bite you.” 
you burst out laughing, but he’s not laughing. he’s got that hungry look in his eyes now, like he’s ready to commit unspeakable crimes of affection. 
“don’t move,” he warns, already shifting his hand to cup your jaw, tilting your face up toward his. “if you move, i’m kissing you until you pass out.” 
“i literally just –” 
he kisses you. 
hard. 
one hand at your waist, the other tangled in your hair, tilting your head just right as he leans in and devours you. your fingers clutch his hoodie, lips moving with his as he deepens the kiss like he’s trying to prove a point. like you being this adorable is a personal attack on his sanity. 
you manage to gasp against his mouth, “we’re supposed to be studying –” 
“not anymore,” he mumbles between kisses. “new plan. i kiss you until i feel normal again.” 
“and when will that be?” 
he pulls back just enough to look at you, flushed and breathless in his lap. and then, completely deadpan, says: 
“never.” 
and then he’s kissing you again, with a plan of never stopping. 
© 𝐤𝐱𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐢
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dreamauri · 19 hours ago
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♪ — 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧 𝗦𝗘𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗧 max verstappen x  girlfriend! reader ( fluff ) fic summary . . . you were supposed to be max's little secret, his private and secret girlfriend but the fans are never fans of secrets, leading to the ultimate gf reveal
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( main master list | more of max verstappen ) ( requests )
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liked by youruser maxfewtrell and 350.6k others maxverstappen1 Shanghai 2024
youruser 4th slide is so aesthetically pleasing ⤷ maxverstappen1 thought you'd like it :)
user Super max 🦁
user something's so soft
user WHY IS HE REPLYING TO RANDOMS IN HIS COMMENTS HELP ⤷ user WHEN WILL IT BE MY TURNS??
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[Interview – thursday, 8:00 PM] Interviewer: Max, there’s been a lot of talk about you being spotted with someone in Monaco after the race. Fans are curious—do you have a girlfriend? Max: [visibly annoyed] No. Interviewer: So the woman you were with— Max: [interrupting] I had dinner. That’s it. Interviewer: But you were seen guiding her away from cameras. Max: [deadpan] Because cameras are annoying. Interviewer: You also interacted with someone in your Instagram comments— Max: [exhales sharply] I don’t understand why this is even a question. I am here to race. Not talk about dinner. Next.
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liked by youruser maxfewtrell and 350.6k others maxverstappen1 Not the qualifying session we wanted, but we’ll take this as a challenge. Thanks to the team for all the effort. We’ll bounce back tomorrow.
user YALL PLEASE DO NOT SLEEP ON MAX. HE WILL BE BACK IN P1 BY TOMORROW. user Stay positive, Max! You got this.
user Where is Yn’s comment? She always leaves one, doesn’t she?
user She’s probably just respecting his space after everything. Let her be.
youruser You’ve got this, Max. Don’t let one bad session get to you ⤷ maxverstappen1 ❤️
user YN COMMENTED!!!
user Okay, but why is no one talking about how soft and sweet that comment was?? I’m dead.
user Max replied with a heart. Is this a subtle flex or is it just me? 😭
user She commented… but it’s so brief! Is she okay? Where’s the big reply we all expected?
user Honestly, her first comment in weeks, and it’s just this little message? I’m lowkey worried
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onlyancunin · 3 days ago
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I think we're talking about the same thing perhaps, but from different angles then.
Armchair diagnosis refer to someone with no degree nor qualifications attempting to "diagnose", a.k.a. say they see somebody display behaviors commonly understood as part of a certain condition, in my understanding.
And this itself is not a problem, in my opinion, it's what happens after. They say that just by doing so we're throwing the people behind the diagnosis - either diagnosed by a proper professional or just assumed-diagnosed for the purpose of giving their therapy/pharmacology a direction - under the bus.
Which implies: somebody thinks Trump is NPD -> all people with NPD are like Trump. But it can happen only if there's an understanding that NPD equals being an asshole.
So my point is that saying all "armchair diagnosis" is bad because some people don't get the nuance of the diagnosis being just a part of someone, not the whole picture & explanation, is a blanket statement.
So - I don't think it's the "diagnosing" that's the problem, it's the stigmatizing of the certain conditions. Because then we also come to situation when people start thinking "he's an asshole, therefore he must be NPD".
Maybe it's too deep of looking at the thing? But I've both been accused for being "albeist" by pointing out somebody displays certain potentially diagnoseable behaviors (even if I didn't use this as an excuse) AND been vilified and have my own diagnosises thrown in my face in an attempt to invalidate my opinions or feelings. And this is all the same root problem the way I see it, which is seeing cluster B personality disorders and/or mental illnesses as invalidating, people-breaking and dangerous.
I think there's space for understanding where someone is coming from without it being an excuse, which is another thing I see happening often. An explanation is not an excuse, again, it's just a map on how to navigate certain situations.
And in case of Trump... There's even more to that. Once I've learned of his father complex he has, with his father being a successful businessman and Donald growing up in his shadow, and desperately grasping at grand projects to "prove himself" - his behavior starts making even more sense. Not because its justified, but because it can be explained. He, to this day, keeps on repeating how he does things Biden would not. He strives for acceptance of billionaires, like his father, to heal his own wound. Do I think his behavior is damaging? Absolutely. Do I think his behavior is justified? ABSOLUTELY NOT. But it is interesting to me to observe where it comes from, also for the purpose of knowing how to prevent this happening in the future.
I'd say it's part of an even bigger picture, with the male loneliness also entering the stage.
So does that maybe make it more clean?
I understand OP wants to do the "just because someobe has this mental illness doesn't mean others with the same diagnosises are like them", but people attempting to understand even the worst people in history are not the issue, and this is what their post seems to suggest.
It's the stigmatizing and flattening what the mental disorders/illnesses actually are, which works both ways. Just covering someone's mouth is fighting the symptoms, which is also important, but There's more to that.
And by the way thank you for stating rhat you're not here to attack me, and please know I'm not here to attack you either. I want to insert more perspective into this, because I've seen the "armchair diagnosis" term used as a stick to beat up everyone, no matter the context. I remember you, I know your blog and I enjoy your presence on my dash and I hope we can continue with being friendly to one another.
Which brings up another thing - do we cater to people unable to distinguish between the diagnosis and the person?
I feel like I'm about to get hit with the "its not that complicated" argument - and I can see why. But it's also not that simple and I've experienced the effects of it being oversimplified.
So no, I don't think spotting patterns of behaviors or even bringing it up is bad. But leaving it at that can be harmful, and at the very least unproductive.
And I think I said my peace with that, iI'm not here to upset anybody. I just want us to see the real root of the problem. And approach it with more empathy, than going black and white on an issue. Which again I don't mean it as my take is superior... Just explaining my reasons for chiming in.
It’s weird that we keep trying to armchair diagnose asshole behaviour with mental health labels and in doing so throw people with mental health conditions under the asshole bus when we could just call a guy an asshole and leave it at that
It just seems far more straightforward, you know
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eshcohen · 2 days ago
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READ ON ROYAL ROAD
The gods are awakening.
Ten years ago, the stars fell on the city of New Babylon.
Molly and Ethan Sparrow barely escaped, saved on that apocalyptic night by their aunt Miriam. They drove for hours through the mists of the wastelands, until the road led somewhere else – a new reality.
Ten years have passed.
Molly still remembers the voice in the sea. It spoke in her dreams the night the stars fell, rising from the ocean’s depths. Something ancient was watching her with colossal red eyes. Now nearly eighteen, the voice calls to her again: the tide is rising, it says.
Ethan is now an up-and-coming journalist. Since their aunt’s death, all he has is his younger sister. But he is still haunted by the memory of a city that doesn’t exist – an impossible megalopolis rising on the shores of an endless sea. No record of it remains. No one believes it was ever there.
But it did. New Babylon endured, and it's calling them back home.
Back to the edge of existence.
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Divinium: Tehomot is a cosmic post-apocalyptic fantasy epic, told through dual first-person POVs of the Sparrow siblings.
Perfect for fans of fantasy, soft sci-fi, cosmic horror, slow-burn mysteries, romance, and immersive worldbuilding.
Part of the Realms of Kiyum series, which also includes the WIP interactive fiction game The Bar on the Abyss.
Loved the first chapters? You're more than welcome to comment and rate it on RR, or send your questions and requests here!
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To Those Who Followed Me to the Abyss and Back — Thank You.
This is a love letter to you. First, thank you. Truly. If you’ve followed The Bar on the Abyss, if you've listened to my ramble here for two years, thank you for being here. You didn’t just arrive at the bar. You stayed. You helped me build it.
As I’ve mentioned before, TBOTA unfolds in what is now called 'Realms of Kiyum — a setting I first created a long time ago, for a different story entirely.
That story was buried for a while. Then it started whispering again.
Now, it’s rising.
In the end, I chose to write it as a novel because that’s the shape it demanded.
But let me be absolutely clear: I’m not abandoning The Bar on the Abyss.
Actually, it’s the opposite.
Writing the novel has given me new energy. So these two projects are going to grow together. They echo and mirror one another. Sometimes they clash. That’s the fun of multiverses.
Right now, the plan is this: TBOTA will be the first project I finish. It’s smaller (well, in story, a game is ANYTHING BUT SMALL) and more focused — the first act of a larger story.
Divinium: Tehomoth will take more time. It’s a three-book arc, and beyond Chapters 1 and 2, most of what I’ve written before is now void—wiped clean to make space for what this story is meant to be.
So if you’re here for the game, don’t worry — I’m still in the bar with you.
And if you’re curious about the book, come read the novel. They’re pieces of the same dream.
Thanks for walking with me this far. And truly — there’s still so much more to see.
Esh ❤
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tojisun · 3 days ago
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cw: omegaverse, claim/marking bites, injuries
simon’s hunger is palpable, rippling underneath his desperation. he feels his jowls fill with his spit, coiling along the spaces of his teeth to settle underneath his tongue. his gums ache with the need to mark; to claim, searing his bond into the fabrics of your being; to make it so that you cannot exist without him—it will always be you and simon, twined for eternity.
and he knows, christ he knows, that only alphas can stake their claims. that they are the only ones who can seal a bond, but simon looks at you and thinks about how he’s never been jealous of alphas until now.
he presented as a beta. it was never a crutch or anything that churned his passive acceptance into envy, especially in their line of duty—no ruts to hinder a mission, no rift in their captain’s territorial claims, no bouts of unleashed aggression. alphas are difficult to tame, even price said so, and simon understands.
he’s a clean slate. free. there is nothing tying him to his needs; nothing to hinder his clarity. he breathes in air and it is just that—no scent, no ripe fruit for the taking.
simon’s adored it.
but you have to just come along, didn’t you?
pretty omega, all beautiful and soft. crybaby, in bursts, but so vibrant in your love. in your tenderness. your heart is so full of joy, of adoration. some of them slip from your lips, dripping like honey. and when you turn to him, it is always with a sparkle in your eyes like you know you are safe with him.
he’s never wanted to be an alpha before. he’s never had the urge to mark and to claim, until now. do you know what you do to him?
this, he said, bringing your trembling hand down to his building chub. you did this to me.
simon couldn’t smell you but god he wishes he could. he’s heard his captain grunt about your scent before—little bird smelling like an orchard; like apples or medlars. like something sweet and citrus and ripe.
simon wondered how your skin will tear upon the sinking of sharp canines into the tender part of your glands. he wondered if he could be the one to claim you.
and, just like the promise you always are, you told him, yes, all hiccupping while you stared up at him, your hand flexing to fully caress at his chub. please, si?
so here he is now—his arms full of your buzzing warmth, his skin pressed to yours. your shirts have been torn off in each other’s desperation, leaving you bare on his lap, your supple back pressed to the rough drag of his hairy front. he pulls you close like the two of you are not sharing the same breath already.
he leans forward, brushing his lips on the goosebump-littered skin of your nape.
“here,” he rumbles, his breaths coming out ragged and his voice cracking as it drags out from the base of his throat. “i’ll bite y’here. sink my teeth until it’s bleeding, an’ when the scab heals, i’ll bite y’again. an’ again an’ again.”
because simon’s not an alpha. he cannot promise a claiming mark, but this—an eternity of a renewal; a lifetime of his teeth finding their way into the tender press of your skin—is as close as he can give you. and when it heals, he’ll do it again—
“until it takes.”
you hiccup, sniffling, and folding yourself into him. so emotional, his crybaby of a doll.
the first burst of your blood in his mouth makes him twitch, his mind locking in its place. he doesn’t know how much timed passed but when he comes to, it’s to a gnawed piece on your neck. it’s messy and bleeding and beautiful.
his mark.
a seed in your orchard.
“thank you, si.”
simon murmurs in a soothing voice, quiet croons passing through his blood-stained lips as he tips your head towards him and kisses you. the final seal. your part in this dance—the acceptance of the bite.
finally, the two of you are a bonded pair.
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seospicybin · 2 days ago
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CAM.
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FINAL CHAPTER
Hyunjin x reader. (s,a)
CAM MASTERLIST
Synopsis: Struggling to make ends meet as an art student, Hyunjin never expected his quiet neighbor to change everything. Rumored to be an adult content creator, you offer him a deal—help you with your content, and you’ll help with his financial troubles. What starts as a simple arrangement soon blurs into something more, pulling Hyunjin into a world he never imagined. (9,7k words)
Author's note: I want to thank you for following Cam series. It's been fun. Hope you enjoy this one too ♡
Hyunjin shuts the door behind him and doesn’t look back. Each step away from your apartment echoes louder in his head than the last. His chest feels tight, like he’s holding something back—like maybe he should’ve said more. Maybe he should’ve said anything else. But instead, he chose silence and walked away.
He tells himself it’s the right thing to do. That this is better. That he needs the space. That things were getting too tangled, too fast.
It’s just work, he reminds himself. You were helping me. I was helping you. That’s all it was supposed to be.
But the memory of your smile when you offered him lunch creeps in anyway. So does the look in your eyes when you asked if he was okay—genuine, soft, concerned. Too concerned. He could’ve told you the truth. That it wasn’t just about the job anymore. That he was starting to feel something he wasn’t sure he could handle.
Maybe he shouldn’t have gotten involved to begin with. Maybe he should’ve just focused on his art like he always planned. Still… he feels like he’s walking away from more than just work and that’s what scares him most.
Hyunjin spends the rest of the afternoon staring at the canvas. The brush is in his hand, the colors are ready, but the strokes come out hesitant. Disjointed. Aimless. He tells himself to focus—just paint, Hyunjin. Paint anything. And so, he does.
Slowly, shapes begin to form. A curve here. A slant there. He fills in the shadows, soft and warm, and before he realizes what he's doing, he’s painting you. Your eyes, the exact shade he remembers under the afternoon sun. Your lips, curled in a smile he can’t quite forget. Your skin, the way it glowed under the yellow light in the hallway when you said his name like it meant something. He doesn’t stop until your face is there, staring back at him and he hates it.
Not the painting. The painting is beautiful. But the fact that you’re still in his head—still under his skin.
That night, he lies in bed, restless. The room is quiet, save for the soft hum of the city outside his window. When he finally drifts off, you’re there again. In his dream, you're laughing. You're reaching for him. You're so close that he swears he can smell your perfume, feel the warmth of your fingertips tracing his wrist.
And when he wakes up, breath caught in his throat, the ghost of your touch still lingers on his skin.
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You try to move on. You tell yourself it’s fine—that people quit all the time. That maybe he just got busy, overwhelmed, maybe school is catching up to him. You try to reason with yourself, even smile at the thought of him doing well without needing you. But the truth is, none of that makes you feel any better.
You can accept that Hyunjin doesn’t want to work with you anymore. What you can’t accept—what keeps tugging at your chest like a thread being pulled loose—is that he didn’t even give you a reason why.
No conversation. No explanation. Just that look on his face, distant and closed off, and the way he walked away like everything between you didn’t mean a thing.
You think about how his voice used to sound when he laughed at your stupid jokes. You think about his fingers—paint-stained and warm—fixing the lighting for your shoot like he actually cared. You think about the way his eyes used to linger on you, like he wanted to say something but never did.
Maybe it was all in your head. Maybe you wanted to believe he cared more than he actually did. You spiral—hard. The thoughts come in fast and loud. Of course he didn’t want to stay. Who would?
You sit on the edge of your bed, staring at your phone like it holds the answers. But there are no new messages. No calls. No missed anything. Just silence.
You tell yourself to move on. To focus. To film something. Edit. Call someone else to help. But none of it feels right. None of it feels like him. And maybe that’s the hardest part. Not that he left, but that he left you not knowing why.
Now you can’t stop thinking that maybe it’s not about work at all. Maybe he just doesn’t want anything to do with you. And maybe... he's right to feel that way.
The curtains are drawn, casting a muted gray over your apartment. You’ve been lying on the sofa for hours, curled up in the same position, the blanket barely clinging to your body as your phone keeps chiming over and over. You know what it is. You don’t even have to look.
Eventually, with a sigh, you reach over and swipe it off the table, the screen lighting up with a flood of notifications—all of them from Lustre.
You open the app. Your inbox is filled with flirty, suggestive messages. Compliments on your last post. Requests. Heart emojis. Tips. Offers. You scroll through them with your thumb, barely registering the words. Just eyes glazed over, searching, hoping—waiting—for one name to appear.
But it doesn’t. He’s not there. Not even a silent like. Not even a ghost view.
Your shoulders drop, a quiet, bitter laugh escaping your lips before you toss your phone aside. It lands on the cushion with a soft thud, screen dimming back to black. You drag yourself up, feet cold against the floor as you wander aimlessly around your apartment. It’s too quiet. Too still. And your mind feels just as noisy as it is empty.
As you walk past the makeshift studio, you pause. Something catches your eye. You lean against the doorway, arms crossed as you stare at it—the massive painting that takes up nearly half the back wall. The one you did with Hyunjin. The colors, bold and chaotic. Your brush strokes and his—blended, layered, messy. Your bodies had moved in sync, hands stained with paint, clothes ruined, laughter echoing as you danced around the canvas like kids. Then, the shoot after—bare skin streaked with color, flashes of camera light, his hand warm against your hip as he adjusted the lens.
You remember how proud he was of that piece. The way you both collapsed on the floor after, cracking open cold drinks, toasting with paint-smeared fingers. The initials you both scrawled in the corner, still visible beneath a smudge of deep blue. It was the first of many. A beginning. And now it just feels like an echo of something that’s already ended.
Your heart aches—sharp and sudden, like a breath you didn’t realize you were holding. You step closer, fingers brushing the dry surface of the canvas, as if touching it might bring some part of him back even though you know it doesn’t and you’re left there in the silence, missing someone who might’ve already let you go.
Squatting down, your eyes catch the initials in the corner: S.H.
You trail your fingers over them, gently outlining the letters. Your voice barely makes a sound as you murmur, “Sam Hwang.”
The name feels strange in your mouth—familiar, but distant, like something you've read in passing but never truly paid attention to.
Sam Hwang…
You say it again, this time letting it roll slower off your tongue. And then you freeze. You straighten up slowly, eyes widening as your mind starts connecting the pieces.
Sam Hwang.
You scramble for your phone, heart thudding as you fumble to unlock it. Your fingers are unsteady as you tap open the Lustre app and pull up the messages from that one user you had grown fond of—the one who always left sweet, thoughtful notes beneath your content. Never crude. Always kind.
You scroll back through the messages. The way they referenced things you never shared online—small details, like the time you wore your hair differently, or when you used a different song in your clips. It felt like they knew you. Like they saw you.
And then your brain syncs it all at once. The flowers.
Those purple tulips Hyunjin brought you, for no reason at all—just because. You thought it was sweet, random and you were too busy to notice it. But then you remember that it's the flowers on his profile picture. You stare at the screen, your pulse racing.
Mag.Shawn.
Sam Hwang.
It's an anagram. It’s him. It’s been him all along. You cover your mouth with your hand, a shaky breath slipping past your fingers as you try to steady yourself. Every message flashes through your mind now, suddenly reframed in Hyunjin’s voice. The compliments. The support. The gentle teasing. The way he never crossed a line.
Your knees give slightly, and you sit back on the floor with your phone still clutched in your hand, your heart pounding as if you just uncovered a secret love letter that was never meant to be found. Now that you know… everything feels different because it was never just about work. Not really. It was always something more.
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Hyunjin is tired. Not the kind of tired that paint-stained fingers and aching shoulders bring—but the kind that seeps into the space behind his ribs, hollowing out something he’s not sure he’ll find again.
The school studio had been silent all day except for the low hum of music and the scratch of brushes against canvas. He painted aimlessly, moving through motions that didn’t bring the kind of release they once did. He should’ve felt accomplished. But instead, he just felt... alone.
When he finally makes his way back to the apartment building, the sky is a deep shade of navy. He climbs the familiar stairs slowly, dragging his feet, thoughts tangled like loose threads in his mind.
It’s when he rounds the corner, about to take the next flight up, that he sees you. Sitting on the steps, elbows on your knees, fingers nervously fidgeting. And when you look up—eyes locking with his like magnets clicking into place—Hyunjin stops breathing for a second. He knows that look. It's the same one he saw on that night you first talked to him. You’ve been waiting for him.
You rise slowly, carefully, like you’re afraid you might scare him off. But your voice is steady when you ask, “Can we talk?”
Hyunjin clenches his jaw. His heart hammers against his ribs, screaming yes, yes, let her in—but his head tries to keep control.
“There’s nothing left to talk about,” he says flatly. He doesn’t even look at you when he moves past, doesn’t dare. If he does, he knows he’ll unravel.
You don’t give up. Your footsteps echo behind him, too close, too persistent, and your voice comes again, more urgent this time. “I’m not mad that you quit, Hyunjin. I just need to know why.”
He doesn’t answer. Can’t. The words stay lodged somewhere in his throat, too complicated, too heavy to give voice to. His fingers tighten around the doorknob as he unlocks it. He finally turns to face you, his body angled half into the apartment, half still in retreat.
“Can we not do this now?” he mutters. “Just… not tonight.”
He starts to step inside but then you’re pushing forward—determined, fierce—and before he can stop you, you’re inside his apartment. The door clicks shut behind you, and the air between you both thickens.
“I’m not leaving,” you say quietly, “not until we talk.”
And just like that, he knows—there’s no more hiding.
You stand in the middle of the room like it’s a battlefield. You’ve crossed your arms in front of you, trying to brace yourself, trying not to fold. Your voice cuts through the heavy silence.
“Why?”
Hyunjin avoids your eyes. He turns slightly away, jaw tense. “I’m just tired,” he mutters. “I need to focus on school.”
You don’t say anything for a moment. You just stand there, the weight of his answer settling between you. Then, quietly, you say, “That’s not the real reason.”
Your voice begins to build, unraveling with everything you’ve been holding back. “These past few days I’ve been going over everything in my head, over and over again. I needed to know why, Hyunjin. Why you left like that, without saying a word. I thought maybe I did something wrong, maybe I made you uncomfortable, or maybe…”
Your voice cracks as frustration begins to break through. “Is it because of that night at Sienna’s party? Was it about Felix? Was it... me?”
Hyunjin flinches, hands tightening into fists at his sides. Your words sting in places he doesn’t want to admit. “It’s because I know you don’t want me,” he blurts, louder than he means to. You stare at him, eyes narrowing, confused. He takes a shaky breath, and his voice comes again, rawer this time. “Why haven’t you posted the content we made together? Is it because you didn’t want to do it with me? Because you don’t want me in it? Or is it… is it because you’re ashamed?”
You’re quiet now. The question hangs in the air like smoke. Then you breathe in, shaky and small, and your voice is almost a whisper when you speak. “I didn’t post it because I don’t want this life for you.”
Your arms uncross, and your gaze drops to the floor. “You’re a real artist, Hyunjin. You’re talented. You deserve to be known for your work—not as some guy who makes content with me.”
Your voice is trembling now, your words fragile. “I don’t want to be the reason you get looked at differently. Judged. You’re better than this.”
Hyunjin’s chest tightens. He almost snaps again, but he holds it in. Instead, he takes a step forward, voice low and steady. “Better than what, huh?”
You look up at him, eyes glassy, lips parting like you might speak—but nothing comes out. Another tear escapes, and without thinking, he reaches for you, gently placing his hands on your elbows.
“Do you even know what I want?” he asks, softer now.
You blink, your breath catching, and you shake your head. “No,” you say quietly. “But I know you’re better than this. I know you deserve more.”
His thumb catches the tear that rolls down your cheek.
“What if this—” he whispers, voice shaking just a little, “what if you are what I want?”
Hyunjin leans in slightly, the words right there, barely held back. “I want you,” He says, breathing through the emotion swelling in his chest. “And whatever comes with you.”
-
The second those words leave his mouth—“I want you. And whatever comes with you.”—you break.
It’s not graceful or quiet. It’s a sudden rush of breath you didn’t know you were holding, and then your face crumples as the tears fall fast and hot. You cover your face with both hands, like that could somehow muffle the sound of your sob, but it doesn’t work.
Hyunjin’s eyes widen with alarm, as if he hadn’t expected that reaction. As if he doesn’t understand why it hurts you so much to hear something so kind.
“You shouldn’t,” you croak between your fingers, voice thick and breaking. “You shouldn’t want me.”
That’s the part that cracks him open too. He doesn’t ask you why. He doesn’t tell you you’re wrong. He just steps forward and wraps his arms around you like he means to hold every shattered piece of you together. His warmth surrounds you instantly—his arms firm around your back, one hand on the back of your head, gently cradling you as you cry into his shoulder.
“I do,” he whispers, voice close to your ear. “I want you. I only want you.”
You cling to him, your hands fisting into the back of his shirt as if letting go would undo everything. The weight of everything—the confusion, the distance, the aching loneliness—pours out of you all at once, and still, Hyunjin holds you tighter.
You breathe in slowly, trying to steady the trembling in your chest. The worst of your tears have passed, but your throat still burns and your hands are still curled in the fabric of his hoodie, like you’re afraid to let go.
When you finally lift your head, your eyes meet his—deep, warm, unwavering. And it’s there again. That quiet devotion. That stubborn tenderness he always gives you without asking for anything in return.
“I do want you,” you rasp, voice barely above a whisper. “But I just… I know you deserve better.”
Hyunjin doesn’t say anything right away. Instead, his thumb brushes softly across your lips, silencing the words before they can cut deeper into the space between you. He looks at you with something like heartbreak and fierce affection wrapped into one.
“You’re the only one I want,” he says, voice low and sure, as if daring you to challenge him again and then he leans in.
His lips find yours in a kiss that’s tender at first, then deepens with something heavier—something full of things he’s been holding back for far too long. It’s not rushed, not messy. It’s slow, consuming, full of warmth and ache and all the unsaid things that have been living between your hearts.
When he finally pulls back, he doesn’t go far. Just enough to cup your face with both hands, his forehead resting lightly against yours, his breath mixing with yours.
“You’re all I want in this world,” he whispers.
And before you can say anything else, he kisses you again—like a vow, like a promise, like he’s sealing every word he just said with the press of his lips against yours.
You pull away just enough to catch your breath, your forehead still resting against his. Your lips are tingling, heart pounding, and there's something new blooming in your chest—hope, maybe. Or something dangerously close to it.
You swallow, eyes flicking down to his lips before finding his gaze again. “Do you… want to continue?” you ask softly. “Pick up where we left off that night?”
For a moment, Hyunjin just blinks at you—like the question caught him off guard. But then a grin tugs at the corner of his mouth, warm and crooked and so undeniably him. He lets out a breathy laugh, voice laced with fond disbelief. “You don’t know how long I’ve been waiting for you to ask me that.”
Hyunjin kisses you again—deeper this time, with more urgency. Like something in both of you has snapped free and there's no turning back now. His hands slide down to your thighs, and in one swift motion, he hoists you up. You gasp softly, instinctively wrapping your legs around his waist, your arms looping around his shoulders as you press yourself closer. Your bodies fit together like they remember how it felt—how right it was.
The kiss grows heated, the air between you humming with everything unsaid and everything still to come. And for the first time in days, maybe weeks, it feels like the weight on your chest has lifted, like you're exactly where you're supposed to be—held tightly in his arms, kissed like you're the only thing he sees.
Hyunjin carries you down the short hallway with a kind of quiet certainty, his arms secure around you, his breath steady near your ear. Your heart flutters with every step—part anticipation, part disbelief that you're here, that this is happening again but different, deeper.
You glance over your shoulder, peeking into the dimly lit room as the two of you enter. It's the first time you’ve seen his bedroom, and the sight makes your lips twitch. The bed—mattress on the floor, slightly rumpled sheets, a couple of sketchbooks stacked on the nightstand—is exactly what you expected, yet still makes you grin.
You turn your head back to him, raising an eyebrow. “No bedframe, huh?”
Hyunjin just smirks, unbothered. “Didn’t realize I needed one to impress you.”
Your laughter is soft, breathy against his neck, and before you can fire back a reply, he’s already kneeling to lower you onto the mattress. The sheets are cool against your skin, but the warmth in his eyes keeps you steady. He leans over you, his fingers brushing your cheek, and for a second, he just looks at you like he's taking you in all over again, like you're his favorite work of art.
You feel it—that pull in your chest, that ache in your throat—as Hyunjin hovers above you, his eyes locked onto yours. There’s something intense in his gaze, something unspoken yet so loud it fills the room. His stare burns through the quiet, says everything he hasn’t said yet and everything you’ve been too scared to admit.
When he kisses you again, his body settles gently over yours, and you instinctively welcome the weight of him, the warmth, the way his presence wraps around you like a second skin. There’s nothing frantic about the way he touches you—his hands glide over your body like he’s relearning every inch. But even within that gentleness, there’s a sense of urgency. His fingers trail down your arm, brushing the side of your waist, and you can feel how much he wants you—how much he’s been wanting you. Still, there’s something soft in his every movement. Like even when he’s aching for you, he’s still being careful with your heart.
You don’t know what gets into you—but the moment your eyes meet his, wide and expectant beneath you, something shifts. A boldness, maybe. A need to let him feel what you've been holding back. You roll over, catching him off guard, and suddenly it's him beneath you. His back hits the mattress with a soft thud, and his breath catches as your legs settle on either side of his hips. His hands instinctively find your waist, grounding himself in your touch.
For a moment, you just take him in. The way his dark hair falls into his eyes, the sharp line of his jaw, the way his chest rises and falls a little quicker now. You can’t help but trace the shape of him with your eyes, then with your hands—slowly, deliberately. Fingers skimming down his chest, feeling the warmth beneath the fabric.
You start unbuttoning his shirt, one at a time. His muscles tense beneath your touch, his breath hitching when your palm brushes bare skin. When the shirt parts open, your hand slides over the contours of his chest—smooth skin, defined lines, the flutter of his heartbeat under your fingertips.
And then your lips follow. You press gentle kisses against his skin, soft and slow, tasting the warmth of him, the way he shivers with every touch. As your kisses trail lower, his breath grows more uneven. You pause just at the edge of his waistband, the tension between you humming like a live wire. You lift your head just enough to look at him, his lips parted, eyes dark with anticipation, and the faintest tremble in his breath. You smirk.
Then you lean in and kiss him—hard. His lips mold to yours instantly, his hands gripping your waist tighter, pulling you closer, like he needs you there, needs this. And between the kisses, your voice dips low, teasing against his mouth.
“Why are you so nervous?” you murmur, brushing your nose against his. “It’s not like this is the first time we’re doing this.”
You feel the subtle hitch in his breath, the way his fingers flex against your skin. Still, he doesn’t answer—not with words. Instead, he surges up, kissing you again. Deeper this time. Hungrier. Like that was all the encouragement he needed.
You melt into it, into him, your body pressed flush against his, his warmth grounding you in ways nothing else ever could. His hands roam—up your back, over your spine, holding you close and you stay there, tangled in him, lips moving together in quiet desperation, slow but insistent, a rhythm you both fall into with ease.
You breathe him in, every kiss tasting like something familiar but new again. And wrapped in his arms, with the weight of his affection holding you steady, the ache in your chest softens.
For now, it’s just the two of you. No doubts, no questions—just this moment, and the way he makes you feel like you’re the only thing he wants.
-
Hyunjin feels every second of your kiss like it’s being etched into his memory—every soft press of your lips, every shift of your body melting against his. You fit against him so perfectly, like your body was molded to match his. And god, he could stay like this forever.
Even with his mouth busy, his heart races as he feels your hand glide lower, fingers trailing the edge of his jeans. He catches your wrist gently, right before you can slip your hand beneath the waistband. You pull back slightly, gasping in surprise, and the look on your face—wide-eyed and slightly mischievous—makes his chest ache in the sweetest way.
You’re straddling him still, your legs snug around his hips, and he props himself up on one elbow, gazing at you. Your lips turn into an adorable pout. “But we’ve been waiting so long for this.”
He knows you’re right. He knows the urgency, the ache in your voice—it’s the same one he feels burning through him.
“I know,” he murmurs, voice low as he reaches up, brushing a few strands of your hair away from your face. He lets his fingertips trail along your jaw before settling just beneath it, holding you gently.
He leans in and kisses you. Slowly. Purposefully. Like he’s telling you everything he can’t quite put into words. When he pulls back, barely an inch from your lips, he rests his forehead against yours and whispers, “But let's make this lasts.”
You let out a quiet breath, your lips curling into a soft smile, and he swipes his thumb gently across your bottom lip, marveling at the way you look at him like he’s worth something, like he matters. And then he kisses you again, capturing that smile with his lips, holding it there between the both of you—this tender, perfect moment that feels like it could stretch into forever.
His hands find the hem of your blouse, fingers brushing warm skin as he gently tugs the fabric upward and over your head. You let him, your arms rising instinctively, eyes never leaving his. He trails his fingers down the length of your arms afterward, slow and reverent, like you’re something sacred, something to be worshiped.
When he reaches behind you, his fingers find the clasp of your bra, unhooking it with ease. You let the straps slide down your shoulders, and he watches as you shrug it off completely, tossing it somewhere forgotten. His breath catches when he sees you—bare, soft, and beautiful in the dim light.
He reaches out, fingertips tracing the slope of your collarbone before moving lower. He touches your chest with care at first, almost in awe, and rests his hand flat on your sternum, feeling the rapid thud of your heart beneath his palm. Slowly, he glides it down until it finds home on your ribcage, holding you steady as he leans in.
His mouth follows next—kisses pressed along your jaw, trailing to the curve of your neck, each one lingering longer than the last. He kisses your chest, hands rising to cup your breasts with a kind of reverence, but also urgency. His palms are warm, fingers pressing in gently, fondling and kneading. When he takes your nipple into his mouth, your breath stutters into a soft moan, and that sound alone drives him wild.
He lavishes attention on you, switching sides, leaving behind faint wet marks on your skin—his own quiet claim. He moves higher, up your chest, his tongue smoothing along your skin before he suckles the hollow between your neck and shoulder, and he feels you shiver beneath him.
Hyunjin breathes you in as he buries his face against your sternum, his lips resting just above your heartbeat. It drums steadily against him, louder somehow now that everything else has quieted — the world, his thoughts, the tension that had built between the two of you over the past days. All of it fades as he listens to the rhythm of your heart, like it’s telling him something he already knows deep down.
Your hands come up gently, arms wrapping around his shoulders, holding him close. Your fingers slide into his hair and he sighs into your skin — the sound barely audible but full of meaning. You don’t speak. Neither of you needs to. It’s not about words right now.
The warmth of your embrace, the bare skin against his, the rise and fall of your chest under his cheek — it feels like a thread, invisible and delicate, tugging the two of you closer until there’s nothing between you. Nothing but the ache of longing finally answered. He presses a soft kiss to your chest, right over your heart, and stays there, still, quiet, content.
For the first time in a long while, Hyunjin feels whole — like he isn’t running from anything anymore. Like maybe this… is exactly where he’s meant to be.
After a long moment, he lifts his head from your chest, his breath warm against your skin as his gaze finds yours — intense and unreadable. Then, without a word, he shifts his weight and catches you off guard, pushing you gently down onto the bed, reversing your positions once more. You let out a soft gasp, eyes wide as you land against the mattress, your hair fanned out beneath you.
His hands frame your face as he leans down and kisses you again — slow, deep, claiming. You can feel the change in him, in the air. It’s not rushed. It’s not just need. It’s more than that now.
As his lips part from yours, his hands begin to explore you again, moving down your sides in a slow, reverent motion. Every brush of his fingers leaves a trail of goosebumps in their wake. When they reach your hips, they linger for a heartbeat before he tugs gently at the waistband of your shorts.
His gaze lifts to meet yours again, seeking permission without speaking, and when you give the slightest nod, he inhales quietly and then continues — slowly peeling them down your legs, your underwear along with them. The air feels cooler against your skin as you’re exposed to him fully, but the way he looks at you makes you feel anything but vulnerable.
He kneels there at the edge of the bed, unmoving for a moment, just looking at you. Not in lust — though there’s desire in his eyes — but in awe, like he’s looking at a painting he doesn’t dare touch, like he wants to memorize every curve of you, every detail, as if you were art in motion. And to him, you are.
His hands are steady as he leans in again, his lips brushing over yours in a soft, lingering kiss before moving lower. He places gentle, fluttering kisses along your collarbone, then down to your ribcage — slow, unhurried. His mouth grazes your navel, then your left hip, each press of his lips last longer than then previous.
You gasp softly when he slips his hand under the back of your thigh and lifts it, his lips finding the soft skin of your inner thigh. He lingers there for a breath, the warmth of his mouth sending ripples through your entire body. Then he trails lower, his lips brushing down your calf, and finally landing on the sole of your foot. The unexpected kiss makes you giggle, the sound breaking through the quiet like sunlight through clouds.
After giving your foot a quick massage, he gently sets your leg down and looks up at you, his expression shifting — no longer teasing or playful, but full of something much deeper. He sighs, almost shakily, and brings his hand up to cup your jaw, his thumb brushing along your cheek.
“I should be the one asking if I deserve all this,” he murmurs, his voice low and earnest. “If I really deserve every beautiful part of you… to touch you, kiss you, hold you.”
You don’t say anything — the way you look at him already says enough.
Hyunjin reaches for your hand, holding it tenderly in both of his. He brings your wrist to his lips first, placing a kiss there like he’s sealing a vow, then presses one to your open palm. Then he shifts forward, lowering himself over you slowly. His body presses gently into yours, his skin warm, his heartbeat strong and steady against your chest.
This time, he’s not just close. He’s with you — completely, quietly, and fully present. Molding into you, like the final brushstroke that completes a painting.
Just when you’re completely wrapped in him, he suddenly pulls away, sitting up on the bed with a breathless laugh, eyes flickering with something unspoken. You watch him as he impatiently pushes his jeans down his hips, shedding the last barrier between you. His sigh of relief is audible, and the way his chest rises and falls is enough to make your breath catch.
Hyunjin doesn’t waste time to wrap his hand around his swollen length with evident veins coiling around it, pulsating with need. He glances at you through heavy lashes, his hand begins stroking it up and down, then he murmurs, “Do you want to?”
You don’t answer with words—just a slow, sure nod. He reaches for your hand, guiding it gently, curling your fingers around his hot, hard cock.
The moment your hand wraps around him, his jaw tightens, his eyes fluttering half shut. Together, you find a rhythm—pumping his cock at a slow, steady pace, the tension thick between you as your eyes stay locked, every breath shared and every movement deliberate. There's no rush, just this quiet moment of closeness, of trust and want, unfolding between the two of you.
Hyunjin’s breath hitches as your hand continues its slow movements, the tension in his body unraveling under your touch. His eyes stay on you, dark and intense, until they flicker downward. With one hand still wrapped around yours, guiding the rhythm, his other hand trails down your thigh—light, teasing, reverent.
When his fingers slip between your legs, dipping into your wetness. His touch is gentle at first, exploratory, but it doesn't take long before he’s pressing two digits into you, finding the spot that makes you shift and gasp. His lips part as he watches your reaction, his own breathing getting heavier.
“So wet,” he murmurs, voice rough and low, “so ready for me.” There’s awe in the way he says it, almost like he can’t believe this is real—that you're here, letting him touch you like this.
The sensation of his fingers working you open while your hand still pumping his cock pulls a shiver from deep inside. It’s a push and pull, each of you responding to the other in quiet desperation, building the tension between you. His forehead presses to yours for a second, grounding both of you, his eyes closed like he’s trying to savor every second and when he opens them again, there’s no mistaking the hunger swimming there—an ache mirrored in your own heart.
You barely have time to react before Hyunjin grabs both of your wrists and pins them gently above your head, his fingers firm but careful around your wrists. His eyes meet yours, hooded and dark with want, and for a moment, all you can hear is your breathing—intertwined and uneven.
Then his free hand slips between your bodies, guiding himself down until the thick heat of his cock presses right against where you need him most. He doesn’t enter—only drags his length along your soaked core, slow and maddening, your essence coating his shaft for every time it sides between your folds. The friction makes your back arch, your body instinctively chasing more, needing more. But Hyunjin just smirks, watching the way you react to him as the tip of his cock pressing right on your clit.
“You feel that?” he murmurs, voice gravelly, lips brushing against your cheek as his hips roll forward again, grinding against you in a way that makes your whole body tense and tremble. “This is how much I want you…”
You whimper beneath him, wrists still caught in his hold, entirely at his mercy. Each slow stroke of his hips is deliberate, calculated to tease, and it works—you're writhing, eyes fluttering shut, your legs falling open for him without a second thought.
Hyunjin leans down and kisses your jaw, your neck, then your lips, swallowing every sound you make as he keeps moving, driving you to the edge without even taking you there yet.
Despite the desperate, breathless moans you let out, he doesn’t ease up. If anything, his teasing only grows more deliberate, each slow roll of his hips keeping you right on the edge, never enough to satisfy the ache building in your core. You squirm beneath him, your breaths coming out shaky, helpless—your body begging for what your lips still struggle to say.
“Please,” you whisper. Then again, more desperate. “Please… please…”
Hyunjin lowers his head, brushing his lips against your temple. “Please what?” he murmurs, voice rough with control, eyes glinting with mischief.
You can’t answer—not with words. Instead, you keep whispering his name between each breathless plea, your hands clutching at his arms, your hips lifting, chasing him. A slow, almost smug smile forms on his lips.
And then finally, you manage a broken, “I want you.”
He pauses to look down between your bodies where your need for him is obvious—undeniable. He can see it from how drenched you are, from the way your essence gets all over his thick shaft.
“Yeah?” he says, low and teasing, brushing the crest of his cock against you, slipping just barely in. “I can see that.”
You let out a choked whimper, nodding frantically, pleading again without shame. “Please. I need you.”
Hyunjin releases your wrists, only to grip your hip with one hand and steady himself with the other. Slowly, achingly slow, he pushes into you—just an inch or two—then stops. The pressure is there, intense and lingering, but it’s not enough. Not nearly enough. He looks down at you, lips parted, eyes dark and focused entirely on the way you react to him.
“You want more?” he asks, breath hitching as he holds himself still inside you, teasing you with just enough to drive you wild.
Your back arches, fingers digging into the sheets. “Yes,” you gasp. “More. Please…”
Hyunjin leans in, kissing your neck before murmuring against your skin, “Then hold on to me.”
Despite his words, he doesn’t grant your plea just yet. Instead, he moves with intention—slow, shallow thrusts that never go deeper than your entrance, but it’s more than enough. Each time he rocks into you, it sends a ripple of heat through your body, igniting something that builds faster than you expect. He watches you carefully, his hand gripping your hip tighter each time you clench around him.
You’re unraveling beneath him, your breath catching, moans spilling from your lips in broken, rasping fragments. And he can feel it—how close you are, how your body trembles under the weight of your need.
“You’re close,” he whispers, voice husky as he leans closer, pressing a kiss to your cheek.
You nod, unable to form words, completely lost in the feeling. Then it hits. Your back arches, fingers twisting into the sheets as your release rushes through you in waves, pleasure so intense it nearly knocks the air out of your lungs.
Your body pulses around him, and you’re still gasping for breath when Hyunjin finally moves again. He exhales shakily—almost a groan—and slowly sinks all the way in, filling you completely in one smooth, careful push. He's giving you what you want when you least expect it.
You gasp, overwhelmed, your body still sensitive from the climax. The sensation of him, so hard, so deep and still inside you, makes your whole body shiver. You can feel his heart pounding against yours, his breath brushing over your lips as he hovers above you.
He stills, just holding you, letting you feel every inch of him as your body adjusts—pulsing, vibrating gently around him. “You feel… unreal,” he whispers, brushing a strand of hair from your face, his voice raw with awe.
-
Hyunjin feels like everything.
Inside you, around you—He is all you can feel, all you can see. And for the first time, it truly feels like the two of you have become one. Every breath he takes, you feel it in your lungs. Every beat of his heart echoes in your own.
You wrap your arms tightly around him, pulling him closer, needing to feel his weight, his warmth, his reality. Your lips find his, and he kisses you like he’s been holding back an ocean of longing—eager, deep, like he wants to memorize the shape of your mouth.
You pull away just a little, breath caught, lips still brushing his as you whisper, “Hyunjin…”
The second his eyes meet yours, you know he’s listening—really listening. Like your voice is the only sound in the world.
“Take me,” you say, voice low and trembling. “Make me... Claim me.”
His brows draw together, jaw twitching like he’s trying to hold something back. You reach up and brush the hair that’s fallen over his face, tucking it behind his ear, your thumb gliding gently across his temple.
“Come inside me,” you breathe.
That’s when you feel it—something in him shifts, snaps, cracks wide open. His restraint melts away, and suddenly his mouth is on yours again, desperate, aching. He starts to move, slow at first, but there’s something different now. Every thrust is more than just movement—it’s a vow, a promise, a confession.
There’s no bedframe beneath you, just the mattress pressed against the floor, and for a fleeting second, you’re oddly thankful—because with the way he’s moving, rough and hungry, anything else would’ve fallen apart beneath the weight of it all.
His gaze never leaves you. It darkens when he sees your hands slide up to your chest, fingers teasing over your erected nipples, doubling the pleasure sparking through your body. You squeeze and cup yourself, breath hitching, and when you bring your breasts together for him, he takes them in his mouth in an instant. His tongue swirls, flicks, sucks on your nipples and on the flesh of your mounds, drawing shameless moans from your throat that echo off the bare walls.
Then he grabs your hands gently, pulling them away and placing them around his shoulders like an unspoken message—hold on to me. And you do.
Hyunjin picks up the pace, his breath turning ragged against your skin, and all you can do is cling to him, gasping, moaning, unraveling as his body claims yours with everything he has. There’s no space between you anymore, only heat, only movement, only the rush of him building toward the edge.
And when he finally lets go—when he gives you all of him, coming inside you and fill you full of him just like you asked—it feels like a vow, wordless and sacred. A promise sealed with every part of him. He collapses into you, your bodies tangled, breath shared. In that moment, he is wholly, completely yours. And you are his.
-
The bed is cold when you wake up.
The first thing you notice is the emptiness beside you—no warmth, no steady heartbeat to lull you back into sleep. Just rumpled sheets and the faint imprint of where he lay last night.
You blink against the light, slowly sitting up, the duvet clutched to your chest. It smells like him—something between fresh paint and fabric softener—and you breathe it in like it’ll bring him back. It only makes your heart ache a little more.
“Hyunjin?” you call out softly, voice rough from sleep and get no reply.
Your gaze lands on his sweater, half-draped at the edge of the bed. You reach for it, pulling it over your head, letting the sleeves hang long past your hands. It’s warm. It’s him. And somehow, it helps.
You slide out of the bed and walk through the apartment barefoot, your steps quiet. “Hyunjin?” you call again, a little louder this time and still no answer.
The silence makes the apartment feel unfamiliar like it doesn’t quite belong to either of you without him in it. You wander through the space, and your eyes land on the canvas—that one. The one covered by a white cloth. The one he said was a failure. You hesitate for only a second before stepping closer. Your fingers grip the edge of the fabric, and with one careful tug, you lift it. The breath catches in your throat. It’s… you.
A portrait. A figure rendered in soft colors and tender strokes. The way he’s painted you—it’s intimate, it’s raw. It’s real. Not just your features, but the way he sees you. The way he feels you. And he called this a failure?
Your fingertips trail lightly along the edge of the painting, your chest swelling with something deep and warm. He lied. Not because the painting wasn’t good, but because it meant too much to show. And the fact that he created this—that he thought of you like this—makes your heart ache in the most beautiful way.
Then you hear it—the click of a lock turning, the quiet creak of the front door opening. You turn just as Hyunjin steps inside, balancing two takeaway coffee cups in one hand and a paper bag in the other. His sweater hangs a little loose, and his hair is messy from the breeze outside. His eyes land on you in surprise.
“Hey—!”
You run to him, arms wrapping tightly around his torso, and he gasps as he tries to keep the coffee from spilling. His laugh is muffled against your hair as he shifts the cups to one hand.
“Careful,” he says through a breathless chuckle. “Or I have to go and buy coffee again.”
“You left me,” you say with a dramatic pout, burying your face into the soft fabric of his hoodie. “I woke up and you were gone.”
“I didn’t think I’d be long,” he murmurs, pressing a kiss to the top of your head. “You were still asleep. I didn’t want to wake you.”
You pull back just enough to meet his gaze—and then you kiss him. A soft, sleepy kiss, full of affection. When you pull away, there’s a smile playing at your lips. “Good morning.”
His own smile softens as he leans in again, placing a longer kiss on your lips, like he missed you in the hour he was gone. “Good morning,” he echoes. “Let’s have breakfast, mmh?”
And just like that, the day starts with him again. Just the way you like it.
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You and Hyunjin settle onto the sofa, breakfast in your laps and a lazy, quiet comfort hanging in the air between you. The sun filters in through the windows, casting a soft glow over everything. He sits beside you, legs spread just enough for you to slide in closer. After finishing your pastry, you cradle your coffee cup between your hands, still warm and fragrant.
Without a word, you scoot closer to him, draping your legs over his lap and letting them rest comfortably between his. He glances at you, smiling softly, and you return it with one of your own.
“So,” you start, sipping your coffee slowly before turning to face him fully, “I saw the painting.”
His brows lift, amused, and a little sheepish. “You did?”
You nod, narrowing your eyes at him playfully. “You lied to me.”
Hyunjin huffs out a laugh. “I did say it was a failure.”
You jab a finger into his chest and grin. “It’s me.”
He tilts his head, playing along. “Do you like it?”
You set your coffee cup down on the table, then fold your arms and pout at him. “I don’t like it.”
He raises an eyebrow. “No?”
“I love it,” you say with a wide grin. “So much.”
He chuckles and shifts slightly to wrap his arm around your shoulders, pulling you in close. “It’s not finished yet.”
You tilt your head up to look at him. “When are you going to finish it then?”
He shrugs. “I don’t know.”
You pout again, exaggerated and dramatic. “Why not?”
He looks down at you, eyes soft and full of something you can’t quite name—something tender, something warm. “Why should I finish it,” he murmurs, “when I have the real one right here?”
You groan out loud, burying your face against his chest. “Ugh, you’re so cheesy.”
He laughs, a full, unguarded sound—and you can’t help but join him, laughing like everything in the world is just a little lighter when you’re together and maybe it is.
You set your coffee cup aside on the table, shifting on the couch so you can climb onto Hyunjin’s lap. He doesn’t protest—in fact, he opens his arms right away, welcoming you into them. You nestle into him, your knees framing his hips, and he takes a long sip of his coffee before placing his cup down as well. His arms wrap around you, holding you close, and you feel his chest rise and fall against yours.
You tilt your head and kiss his jaw, then press another soft one to his cheek. He turns to look at you, amused and already smiling when you gently grab his chin and turn his face toward you for a quick peck on the lips. Then you settle back into him, your head resting comfortably in the crook of his neck. His warmth surrounds you, his scent familiar, and when you glance up at him, something in your chest flutters.
“We should go on a date,” you murmur.
His thumb brushes along your cheek, soft and sweet. “Where do you want to go?” he asks.
You hum as you think. “Uhm... To your favorite place?”
He smirks, his hand playfully hovering on your inner thigh, intentionally brushing his knuckles against your clothed core. “My favorite place is right here.”
You gasp, laughing as you lightly slap his chest. “Hyunjin!”
He laughs too, that bright, boyish sound filling the room. “Just being honest here,” he says, holding his hands up in surrender.
You nod, your expression softening. “You know... somewhere that feels personal to you.”
Hyunjin leans in and places an affectionate kiss on your lips, lingering for a second before pulling back just enough to whisper, “I know a place.”
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Hyunjin pats down the pockets of his jacket, doing a quick mental check—phone, wallet, keys and that thing in the inner pocket of his jacket. All good. He smooths down the front of his shirt and glances once at the mirror near the door, fixing his hair with his fingers before finally stepping out of his apartment.
He walks over to your door, heart thudding just a little faster than usual. It’s strange how it still feels like this with you—like he’s a teenager picking up his crush, not someone who spent the night tangled up in you.
Hyunjin knocks and when the door swings open, He blinks—once, then twice. You’re standing there, looking… breathtaking.
He lets out a soft, stunned laugh, eyes sweeping over your outfit. “Wow,” he says, leaning a shoulder against your doorframe. He says nothing else but his eyes endlessly admiring you.
You laugh, a little sheepish but so proud. “It’s our first date,” you simply point out.
Something tugs at Hyunjin’s chest at that. The honesty in your voice, the way you’re looking at him—it’s soft, real, and he’s suddenly so glad he gets to have this with you.
He grins, stepping closer. “You’re beautiful,” he says, meaning every word. Then, with a teasing glint in his eyes, “Maybe we should just cancel the whole plan.”
He nudges you playfully, pushing you back a step into your apartment, and you both burst into laughter. But before either of you can say more, he grabs your hand, warm and certain.
“Come on,” he says. “Let’s go make it a good first date.”
The quiet hush of the gallery wraps around you both like a blanket, softening the sounds of passing footsteps and hushed conversations. Hyunjin walks beside you with his hands tucked in his pockets, his gaze darting to you now and then—your curious eyes, the way you lean in just a little to read the small plaques beside the paintings. He’s not sure why his heart won’t stop doing these little flips, but he doesn’t want it to stop either.
Eventually, he stops in front of a painting. It’s large, vivid, a swirling composition of shadows and light that seem to breathe if you look long enough.
You pause with him, sensing something different in his stance, the way he exhales slowly. “This one?” you ask, barely above a whisper.
Hyunjin steps closer, moving behind you and gently resting his hands on your waist. He nods. “Yeah… this one.”
You both stand there in silence for a moment, staring at the canvas. And then, in that quiet space, he begins to speak.
“There was a time I used to come here almost every week,” he says softly. “I'd just stand here and look at it. For hours, sometimes. I didn’t even understand everything about it—I still don’t. But something about it made me feel… seen. Like it understood what I was going through even when I couldn’t say it out loud.”
You listen, still and patient, your fingers brushing lightly over his where they rest on your waist.
“When I couldn’t eat, when I was too tired to sleep, when I was too overwhelmed to paint… I came here. I used this painting to hold myself together.” His voice falters for a second. “But now when I look at it, all I feel is everything I tried to suppress. Exhaustion. Pressure. Loneliness.”
He pauses. You can feel the weight of the memories in his breath.
“I want to change that.”
He reaches into the inner pocket of his jacket and pulls out something small. A glint of silver and a soft charm catches the light as he holds it up—it’s the bracelet you once tried on absentmindedly at that jewelry shop weeks ago. You’d joked about him buying him for you and he hadn’t said anything then, just smiled.
Now, without a word, he gently slips it around your wrist and fastens the clasp.
“From now on,” he murmurs, “when I look at this painting, I’ll remember this moment instead. You. Us.”
You turn your head slightly to look at him, your eyes glistening with emotions you can’t quite name. Happiness. Sadness. Love. Grief. Hope. All tangled up into one beautiful ache.
“Thank you,” your voice breaking at the end of the sentence.
You kiss him, just a brush of lips—but it’s enough to make his breath catch. Then you take his hands and wrap them fully around your waist, holding them there like a promise.
“You’re not alone anymore,” you say gently. “I’m here. You have me now.”
Hyunjin looks at you like you’ve just handed him the sun and then he leans in and kisses you—not in a rush, not in desperation, but with everything he’s been carrying in his heart. Quiet gratitude. Relief. Love. It’s a kiss that says, I see you. I feel you. I’m yours.
And in that gallery, under the gaze of a painting that once held all his pain, he lets it all go—and chooses to remember this instead.
The kiss lingers long after it ends, warmth spreading through Hyunjin’s chest like a sunrise. He stays there for a beat longer, arms wrapped around you, your head resting against his shoulder as the painting stands silently before you—no longer a mirror of pain, but now a witness to something new.
Eventually, you both pull away, your fingers still tangled in his, your bracelet catching the light with every little movement.
Hyunjin glances down at it and smiles softly. “Ready to go?” he asks, brushing a thumb across your knuckles.
You nod. “Where to next?”
He pretends to think, lips twitching. “Somewhere with less staring eyes and more delicious food?”
You laugh, and the sound echoes faintly through the quiet halls of the gallery.
Hand in hand, you walk out together. The doors open, and sunlight spills across the marble floors, welcoming you into the rest of the day.
And as the two of you step into the light—your shoulders brushing, your smiles easy, your hearts just a little fuller than before—it feels like the beginning of something beautiful, something real and it's just getting started.
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𓆉⋆。˚⋆❀ 🐚🫧𓇼 ˖° Sirene in the houses and how we reflect our beauty 𓆉⋆。˚⋆❀ 🐚🫧𓇼 ˖°
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⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅🪼⋆.ೃ࿔*Sirene in the 1st House: When Sirene is in your 1st House, your presence is magnetic, almost as if you could captivate everyone just by entering a room. The beauty you emanate is not only physical, but also in your way of being: authentic, charismatic and mysterious. People are attracted to you without fully understanding why, as if your aura had an enchanting power.
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅🪼⋆.ೃ࿔*Sirene in the 2nd House: Here, Sirene gives you a unique way of relating to your values ​​and material things. Your attraction is not only physical, but also in how you present what you have and who you are. People can't help but see the beauty in the way you take care of yourself, whether in your style or in the confidence you convey. This beauty attracts others to your life, and perhaps even prosperity.
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅🪼⋆.ೃ࿔*Sirene in the 3rd House: With Sirene in the 3rd House, your way of communicating is absolutely seductive. Your voice has a special tone, almost like a soft song that captures the attention of others. Whether through words or writing, what you share has a unique, enveloping beauty. Your way of thinking is bright and harmonious, which makes you even more attractive to those around you.
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅🪼⋆.ೃ࿔*Sirene in the 4th House: Here, Sirene's beauty lies in your ability to create a warm and welcoming environment. Your home reflects a place where people can relax, feel accepted, and drawn to your energy. There is a peace and harmony in your space that invites others to linger. Your emotional connection to your family and roots also has a touch of grace that makes you unique.
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅🪼⋆.ೃ࿔*Sirene in the 5th House: With Sirene in the 5th House, your charm in love is irresistible. People feel a natural attraction to you, and romance becomes one of your brightest areas. The creativity you exude is captivating, and people are drawn to your unique style of expression. You are a magnet for those seeking pleasure, fun, and a touch of magic in their lives.
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅🪼⋆.ೃ࿔*Sirene in the 6th House: Here, your beauty is reflected in the way you handle the everyday. There is a grace in the way you work and take care of yourself, in your daily habits and routines. You are able to make the most mundane tasks seem elegant, and your way of serving or caring for others has a softness and magnetism that attracts those around you.
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅🪼⋆.ೃ࿔*Sirene in the 7th House: When Sirene is in the 7th House, your relationships are deeply attractive. People are captivated by the way you are in a relationship or in a partnership. You have a gift for attracting those who seek love and harmony, and your ability to connect intensely with others has a pure and natural beauty. There is something ethereal about the way you give of yourself in a relationship that makes others feel special.
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅🪼⋆.ೃ࿔*Sirene in the 8th House: In the 8th House, Sirene grants you a deep, transformative and captivating beauty on the most intimate levels. Your magnetism is irresistible on the emotional and physical level, and you are able to dazzle others with an intensity that goes beyond the superficial. People feel a powerful attraction to you, and you may have a special ability to touch the souls of those who approach you.
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅🪼⋆.ೃ࿔*Sirene in the 9th House: With Sirene in the 9th House, your worldview is a form of beauty. Your way of thinking, your philosophy of life, and your way of sharing your beliefs attract those who are looking for something deeper and more meaningful. You have a unique way of inspiring others through your words and your ideas. The beauty of traveling and exploring is part of your essence, and others are drawn to your ability to see the world with bright eyes.
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅🪼⋆.ೃ࿔*Sirene in the 10th House: Here, your beauty is reflected in your professional life and your ambition. Your public presence is magnetic, and people see you as a figure of power and attractiveness. You have a special ability to impress with your work and achieve your goals, which makes you even more attractive in the social and professional spheres. The beauty of your success is a mix of grace and determination.
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅🪼⋆.ೃ࿔*Sirene in the 11th House: With Sirene in the 11th House, your beauty is reflected in the way you connect with your community and friends. People are drawn to your vibrant energy, your desire to improve the world, and your unique way of leading groups or collectives. You have a special ability to make others feel comfortable and welcome, and your charisma shines brightly in social circles.
⋅˚₊‧ ଳ ‧₊˚ ⋅🪼⋆.ೃ࿔*Sirene in the 12th House: In the 12th House, Sirene's beauty is hidden in the invisible, the spiritual, and the mysterious. There is something deeply captivating about you that is not easily visible to others, but those who know you deeply can sense it. Your soul has a serene, introspective beauty that draws others to you, even when you are not aware of this power.
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dreamersparacosm · 2 days ago
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jeon jungkook - the price of desire (part nine)
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warnings ; well.. oral (f recieving) light choking, he hits it from the back, front, idk i lost count, she feels him in her stomach? (realism has left the chat)
prompt ; in which you learn that your dignity has a price, and unfortunately, it looks a lot like Jeon Jungkook in Calvin Klein boxers.
note ; here it is. my baby. my pride and joy. my biggest accomplishment that i will be hanging on my fridge with my hello kitty magnet. not even kidding i rewrote this part four times. four full rewrites. not because the words weren’t working, but because i knew this part had to hit just right.
writing that was hard!! i love these characters so much it physically hurts sometimes. ive lived inside this world for months now, and bringing them to this point broke something in me in the best way (also healed me??? idk dealers choice) the process wasn’t pretty. there were pacing debates, deleted scenes, google docs full of one-sentence paragraphs. through all of it though, one woman held my hand: miss taylor swift.
required listening for this part is this is me trying by tswift. (it’s actually required, the lyrics are THEIRS)
to all of you who’s sent me theories, essays, questions, unhinged keysmashes, character analyses, or even just a quiet “i love this” — thank you. thank you for seeing these characters the way i see them and for lovingly watching on the sidelines when two people experience the ache of wanting something they’re afraid they’ll ruin. you’ve made this story so fun to write!!! i hope, when you reach that last line, that it all feels right to you too. enjoy!!
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When you were seven, you ran away from a kitchen fire before anyone else smelled the smoke. You bolted — barefoot, wild-eyed, arms flailing — as the toaster sparked and your mother screamed your name. You learned two things that day: one, that survival is instinct and two, that no one follows a girl who flees first. Ever since then, you’ve made an art of it, of leaving before you’re left, of outrunning the collapse before it’s had time to announce itself.
Even now, you still run like the building is burning.
You book a one-way flight back to Los Angeles with a violence that surprises even you, fingers stabbing at your phone screen, credit card number punched in before the doubt can catch up to your impulse. No pause for breath. No moment to excavate what just splintered apart in Seoul. Just the brutal efficiency of escape.
When the plane finally lifts, Korea dissolving beneath a cotton shroud of clouds, you search yourself for something that might feel like catharsis. But there's only absence. A vacuum where emotion should live.
Not the sweet release you'd imagined.
Not the peace you'd convinced yourself would follow.
Not even regret, which might have offered its own strange comfort.
There's a stillness inside you, resonating like footsteps in an empty gallery after the crowds have gone. You've become a visitor in your own body, observing from the outside.
The campaign, with all its frantic choreography of stress and miracles has finally wound down. The endless parade has halted: no more lighting to approve, no more impossible deadlines to somehow bend to your will through sheer force of determination. No more 4 A.M. calls with production when everything threatened to fall apart.
(No more Jungkook. Almost. You can taste it on the tip of your tongue.)
Tomorrow, it all launches.
You should be electric with anticipation. You should be riding the intoxication of knowing that in storefronts across continents, space is being cleared for what everyone predicts will redefine the brand's trajectory. Success is waiting,, yours to claim.
Instead, you're suspended in a strange limbo. Present but not present. Moving through the the world like someone playing the role of you in a film about your life.
You've become the most convincing ghost in your own story.
You slip back into the LA office like that same ghost returning to familiar hauntings, moving with that quietness people develop when they've spent years trying to be noticed while simultaneously proving themselves indispensable. The ritual feels stolen from another life: coffee warming one palm, the other hand clutching your phone with determination, as if the device might try to escape.
You lose yourself in the launch preparation, drowning in press releases that need one more edit, retailer confirmations requiring verification, social media calendars demanding timing. You orchestrate influencer packages like a general deploying troops, analyze backend metrics with the intensity of someone decoding ancient hieroglyphics.
Because busy hands can't text people.
Because typing another email means not typing his name.
Because every spreadsheet you complete is another reason not to wonder what he's doing right now.
When Jungkook's name illuminates your phone screen for the fifth time that day, something in your chest contracts with such sudden pain that for a moment, you forget how to breathe. You've developed a new skill: the swiftness with which you decline his calls, a movement so practiced it's become second nature. Your finger swipes across his name each time.
Voicemail. Another notification. Voicemail. The red badge multiplying like evidence.
Everything bearing his digital fingerprint gets redirected to Daniel. Meeting conflicts that need resolution, approval requests for campaign deliverables. Some tedious back-and-forth about choosing the right cover image for the website that would have once made you call Jungkook directly.
"Can you handle it?" The question leaves your mouth without inflection, your eyes never lifting from your laptop screen, afraid of what Daniel might read in them.
Daniel stands in your doorway, silent long enough that curiosity finally forces you to look up. The expression on his face carries such naked concern that you almost flinch.
"Are you really going to ghost your own campaign's face?" His voice is soft, which somehow makes you feel worse.
"He's not my anything," you say, the words emerging with a coldness that surprises even you. "He's the brand's."
The look Daniel gives you could incinerate entire cities, reduce them to smoke and memory. There's judgment there, yes, but beneath it something more dangerous: understanding. He retreats without pushing further.
You drag yourself to your hotel in Los Angeles at the hour when even the most dedicated workaholics have surrendered to basic human needs like sleep and food that isn't delivered by Uber Eats. It greets you with the enthusiasm of an abandoned museum exhibit — pristine, untouched, vaguely disappointed.
You answer emails until your retinas protest and your fingers develop their own Stockholm syndrome relationship with your keyboard. The clock on your laptop blinks an accusatory 2:17 A.M while you craft responses.
The Calvin Klein countdown timer on your open browser tab pulses with all the subtlety of a doomsday clock, a digital reminder that your exit strategy is right on schedule. This was always your personal three-step program: Get in. Get it done. Get out.
Jeon Jungkook was supposed to be a line item in your professional portfolio, not the tenant currently occupying all the premium real estate inside your head.
The fact that your brain has apparently thrown him a housewarming party complete with intrusive thoughts as party favors is just your psyche's idea of a practical joke.
One that unfortunately, you do not find the least bit funny.
。・:*:・゚★,。・:*:・゚☆
The launch doesn't just hit. It is literally a tidal wave. #jungkookcalvinklein is trending on Twitter at the ripe hour of 9am.
Before you've managed to convince the coffee maker that yes, today definitely requires the triple-shot setting, Times Square has transformed into a shrine to sculpted abs and Jungkook’s face. Stores unveil installations that somehow make minimalism feel maximalist.
He's everywhere.
Christ, that jawline probably has its own insurance policy, with Calvin Klein jeans on that defy the laws of physics by simultaneously hanging too low and fitting too well, silver chains adorning him.
The public response is teetering on obsession; less consumer enthusiasm and more mass religious conversion. You half-expect to see people speaking in tongues while clutching Calvin Klein shopping bags.
You don't even have time to perform your planned emotional collapse, which you'd scheduled right between "approve final press release" and "pretend to eat lunch." The universe, it seems, has no respect for your Google calendar.
There are calls to field, interviews to prep, press appearances to manage. But then, just to your luck, digital confetti in your inbox: the New York office is hosting a last-minute happy hour to celebrate the global rollout. The invitation lands with little subtlety in bold letters: SENIOR STAFF AND GLOBAL LEADS ONLY, with enough exclamation points to suggest someone's enthusiasm has escaped corporate blandness.
Your decision-making process rivals light speed. You book the flight with the impulsive confidence of someone fleeing a crime scene, pack your garment bag with a dress you haven’t worn in a while. It’s flowy, with an open back that lets you feel the breeze.
Daniel plops himself in the seat beside you on the plane, a one-man information hurricane disguised as your colleague.
You let his voice become white noise, because right now, even corporate jargon is preferable to the unauthorized commentary running through your head, the one narrating all the ways you're not thinking about Jungkook (which, ironically, is all you can think about.)
By the time you two land in Manhattan, it’s dusk, that magic hour when the city sheds its skin and slips into something more comfortable. The streets buzz with that New York electricity that called you even as a young girl in Busan, a current that used to light you up from the inside but now just makes you wonder if you ever really loved it at all.
The SoHo rooftop has undergone the standard office-to-party transformation: string lights creating the illusion that accounting departments can be romantic, glasses clinking.
For the first time since Seoul, you almost feel like a person again instead of a walking collection of unprocessed emotions wearing business casual. Not fixed, not whole, but at least functional, kind of like finding your favorite sweater that you thought was ruined in the wash.
You slip back into your social persona with ease. Your laugh doesn't even sound fake to your own ears, which feels like progress. The champagne bubbles tingle pleasantly, reminding you that sensations other than dread still exist.
It’s always been in your nature; telling stories, entertaining others. Your hands paint disaster scenarios in the air, voice dropping conspiratorially at just the right moments. When you describe finding the missing sample jacket locked in a janitor's closet, your audience erupts into that specific kind of corporate laughter. Even Daniel, standing beside you like your professional shadow, can't help but crack up.
It feels almost like... okay. Not perfect. Not Seoul-never-happened. But upright and breathing, like a houseplant that survived your vacation.
The moment shifts when Daniel's fingers tap your elbow gently. "Hey, walk with me for a second?" he murmurs.
"Sure," you respond, the word automatic as your brain runs rapid calculations on what this could possibly be about.
He leads you away from the celebration, past colleagues swapping war stories and marketing puns, until you reach the edge of the rooftop where the Manhattan skyline lights up the sky.
You exhale slowly, watching the city sparkle before you, thousands of windows lit up. The view is breathtaking in that uniquely New York way that somehow makes your problems feel both microscopic and monumentally important.
"Have you spoken to Jungkook?" Daniel asks carefully.
The question cuts through your momentary peace. Just like that, the city lights dim, the champagne goes flat in your veins, and you're back in Seoul, watching everything fall apart in high definition.
You don't answer immediately. Jaw clicks into lockdown mode. Your arms fold across your chest, the universal body language for "absolutely not having this conversation right now." If emotional armor could make sound, yours would be clanking into place.
Daniel watches you with that particular expression he reserves for when you're being self-destructive but he's too smart to say so directly. It's the look that has always made lying to him impossible, which is precisely why you've been avoiding direct eye contact.
You stare down at your drink where bubbles perform their slow surrender, fizzling into oblivion against the rim of your glass. There's probably a metaphor in there somewhere, but you're too tired to figure it out.
"No," you finally admit, "Not since Korea."
Daniel nods once, the motion small but definitive. "He asked if we were coming tonight."
Your heart performs an acrobatic routine that would qualify for the Olympics, some complicated tumble of hope, panic, and an unfortunate third thing. The champagne you've been nursing suddenly seems very fascinating.
"And?" The question emerges more breathless than you'd prefer.
"I didn't answer," Daniel replies with a shrug. "Wasn't my place."
You swallow hard enough that it feels like forcing down something solid.
"You don't have to tell me anything," he adds, tone dropping to that specific frequency of friendship where truth lives. "But I figured you'd want to know."
Somewhere in this universe, Jungkook might be wondering if you'd show up tonight. The thought lands like a stone in still water, ripples expanding outward.
What would he have done if he'd seen you here?
What would you have done if he flew from Seoul?
Worse: what might you still do?
You remain silent, lips pressed together in a thin line of indecision. Your voice might crack, words may betray you.
The truth is, you're standing at the crossroads of pride and longing, and you have absolutely no idea which direction to take.
You tilt your glass back, letting the alcohol wash across your lips before words form in your throat. “I don't know what you think you saw," you say, your gaze sliding sideways to catch Daniel's expression without fully committing to eye contact. "But I promise you, it's not some great love story."
Daniel makes a sound, a gentle hum that vibrates with something like understanding. “Never said it was," he offers,. "But something definitely happened. You've been walking around like someone left the door open and the wind knocked everything over inside you."
"Poetic," you say sarcastically and roll your eyes.
He shrugs. "I minored in creative writing."
A laugh escapes you, unexpected and genuine,"You minored in talking shit."
His grin unfolds slowly. "So? I'm right."
The silence that follows feels weighted, layered with everything you cannot bring yourself to say. Words gather in your chest, pressing against your ribs like birds against cage bars, but none find their way to your tongue.
Part of you — the part that still wakes at 3 A.M replaying conversations that cannot be undone — wants desperately to believe that your spiral has gone unnoticed. That you might still appear whole from certain angles, in certain lights.
When he speaks again, his voice has softened even more. “You know, you never really do things for yourself."
The observation catches you off-guard, slipping beneath your defensesd. Your brow furrows,"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I mean..." His hand lifts in a gesture that encompasses everything. His fingers trace the invisible architecture of the career you've built, brick by exhausting brick. "You do this. All of this. You're a fucking workaholic. But when was the last time you did something just because you wanted to? Just for you?"
"I wanted this campaign to succeed," you retort. Your posture straightens, shoulders squaring against accusation.
"For the company," he fires back, neither unkind nor relenting. "For the brand. For the headlines. For the part of you that refuses to lose. But not for you. Not really."
Your fingers curl more tightly around the stem of your glass. Because, like, yeah… you keep a tight ship and all, but it’s what your multimillion dollar contract calls for. In the distance, a helicopter cuts across the skyline, its searchlight briefly illuminating clouds from beneath, revealing their hidden dimensions.
Daniel turns to face you more fully, his expression shifting more dangerously sincere. "What's all this success worth if there's no one to share it with?"
You attempt a laugh that emerges more like a strangled hiccup. Your lips part for a comeback that refuses to come out while your traitorous brain launches into a highlight reel of Jungkook: his sleepy morning smile across hotel pillows, the weight of his shoulder underneath your head during that night on the beach in Busan, his laughter spilling into crevices of the hotel bar. The memories arrive uninvited, like party crashers bringing gifts you're afraid to open.
Daniel nudges your arm, pulling you back from the your thoughts. "Look, I'm not saying go get married in a garden or whatever. Although, now that I think about it, the photos would be incredible. Very Architectural Digest meets romance novel."
He grins before his expression softens. "But maybe... just maybe... it's okay to let someone in. You know, that thing humans have been doing since, like, forever."
You meet his gaze then. It's terrifying, like standing at the edge of a high dive you're not sure you remember how to use.
He's not pushing, not wielding your vulnerability. He's just reminding you, in the way only Daniel can after years of watching you build emotional fortresses, that beneath your exoskeleton of competence and control, you're still embarrassingly human. Still allowed to want something that doesn't come with metrics, target demographics, or quarterly reviews.
You exhale slowly, turning back toward the skyline,"I don't know how to do that," you admit.
"Then start small," he says with the gentle pragmatism of a man suggesting you try a new coffee shop rather than rewire your entire emotional circuitry. "Text the guy."
You shake your head, but the gesture lacks conviction. Your fingers twitch slightly against your glass, as if already rehearsing what they might type.
You squint slightly at the skyline like the answers could be written in neon across the Empire State Building: YES or NO in flashing lights, visible from miles away.
Daniel stands beside you, patient in his silence. He's always had this gift; knowing when to push and when to simply wait, creating space for you to stumble toward your own conclusions at your own stubborn pace. Somewhere beneath the layers of denial, a small, persistent voice wonders what would happen if, this one time, you stopped running long enough to find out what might catch up to you.
Finally, you exhale. "And say what?" you mutter, mouth twisting into what might be mistaken for a smile if not for the panic flickering in your eyes. "Text him: 'Hey, can't believe I ended things between us, how's your day going? Fantastic, thanks for asking!'"
Daniel chokes mid-sip, whiskey catching in his throat as laughter erupts. Amber liquid splashes dangerously close to his shirt cuff. "Jesus Christ," he wheezes, eyes watering. "Maybe workshop that a bit before hitting send."
You laugh too at that. The momentary lightness evaporates as quickly as it appeared, leaving something heavier in its wake. Your next breath feels weighted.
"He said something I can't forget," you add, voice dropping to that particular register where confessions live. You trace the condensation on your glass with one finger, drawing invisible patterns that might spell out what you're afraid to say directly. "During this fight we had... about my family."
Daniel's expression shifts, humor draining away. He watches you with that careful attention that always makes you feel seen. "What'd he say?" he asks.
You shake your head, gaze fixed on some indeterminate point beyond the rooftop's edge. The city lights blur and sharpen with each blink. "That I didn't even want to see them. That I was back in Busan for days and didn't bother. He used it like an insult. Like proof that I don't care about anything."
Daniel's silence stretches between you, allowing your words room to exist without immediate judgment. Long enough for you to lift your glass again, for the alcohol to slide down your throat and bloom warm in your chest, for you to wonder if maybe you've said too much or not enough.
Then he speaks tentatively, "Okay. Not great. But..."
You raise an eyebrow, the gesture sharp with defiance. "But?"
"But he's also not wrong." When your eyes narrow dangerously, he lifts his hands in theatrical surrender, "Not about using it against you.. that was a dick move, solid eight out of ten on the asshole scale."
His expression softens. "But about the rest of it. You kept pushing everyone away. I think you told me to forward all calls from your mom to ‘Satan’ one time. You were so scared of being known, it was easier to hide behind quarterly reports than have coffee with the people who gave you life."
Your mouth opens, a rebuttal forming on your tongue. But the words evaporate before they reach air, leaving you momentarily speechless. Some part of your brain, the part not currently occupied with denying everything, whispers that maybe, there's a sliver of truth worth examining here.
Daniel shrugs casually, with the demeanor of someone sliding the final piece into a puzzle. "Look, I don't think he meant it to hurt you. I think you hit a nerve, and he lashed out. Poorly."
He shifts on his heels, "But he also... I don't know. He kind of seems hopelessly in love with you."
You blink rapidly, as if your eyelids might somehow filter this information into something manageable. "He- what?"
A grin unfurls across Daniel's face. "Dude's clearly gone. I've watched him stare at you like you personally invented the concept of desire. Dont tell anyone this, but he’s also been blowing up the rest of the team’s phones asking if he should expect to hear from you."
You scoff, eyes rolling skyward, but a sensation you've been systematically ignoring since Seoul unfolds within you. Since before Korea, if you're being honest, which you rarely are with yourself. The memories surface unbidden: Jungkook hunting down honey butter cookies because you'd mentioned liking once. The way he'd placed the bag in front of you without comment. The thousands of other tiny gestures you'd filed away as "just being cordial" because "being in love with you" seemed too terrifying a folder to create.
"I didn't..." you begin, then falter. The words hover, “ I don't think I know how to let someone be in love with me."
The confession hangs between you, delicate and honest. Daniel doesn't look away, "Maybe," he says simply, "it's time to learn."
The words settle over you, not a weight but an opening, a door unlocked but not yet pushed ajar.
Daniel drains the last of his drink with finality, eyes fixed on the skyline. The casual observer might think he's admiring Manhattan's glittering architecture, but you recognize this particular silence — the loaded pause before he drops something he's been strategically holding back. It's the conversational equivalent of watching someone wind up for a pitch.
And sure enough, after a calculated beat, he says, "You do realize the contract is done, right?"
You glance sideways, eyebrows lifting in a gesture that attempts indifference but lands somewhere closer to alarm.
"All the promo's scheduled. Launch assets are live. My inbox is starting to go down," he continues, ticking items off an invisible check list. "You're technically free. No more approvals.”
His voice softens around the final blow: "No more excuses."
You lean against the railing, the metal cool against your forearms "What are you saying?”
"I'm saying..." He turns toward you fully now, "You don't have to pretend this is about work anymore."
A scoff escapes you. "Please. Me? And a k-pop idol?"
Daniel delivers a look so deadpan it could be preserved in a museum, the perfect distillation of "are you actually serious right now?" compressed into a single facial expression.
You clarify, hands animating the air between you like you're conducting an invisible orchestra of denial. "The biggest k-pop idol. Like globally famous. The same dude who gets murdered everytime there’s so much as one dating rumor." Each descriptor escalates in pitch, as if the accumulation of external obstacles might somehow outweigh the internal ones.
Daniel lifts his hands in surrender, though his expression suggests he's winning whatever battle is being waged. "Yes. All true. Also.. just so we're keeping track, he's the same guy you've spent the last few months hooking up with, traveling the world with, fighting with like some married couple, and if I'm not mistaken, spending all your time with."
Your eyes narrow to slits. "You make it sound so romantic," you mutter, each word dripping with sarcasm.
"It kind of was," he says with a shrug, "In a HR-nightmare kind of way."
You roll your eyes for what feels like the hundredth time tonight, but there's no real resistance behind the gesture. If anything, you're fighting back something dangerously close to a smile.
Daniel nudges your arm, “I'm not telling you to drop everything and chase some wild fantasy. I'm not suggesting you write his name in your planner with little hearts or anything. But… if it is something, if it's more, then maybe you owe it to yourself to find out."
You stare down at the streetlights below, watching headlights weave through intersections. The city continues its relentless dance, indifferent to your crisis of heart. Somewhere down there, people are making decisions far less complicated than yours; ordering takeout, hailing cabs, choosing which Netflix show to fall asleep to.
"You should take a few days off," he adds, less the colleague who's seen you demolish incompetent vendors and more the friend who once held your hair back after three too many tequila shots at the holiday party. "You can actually take them. The company will somehow survive without you micromanaging every press release for 72 whole hours."
You don't answer, silence a familiar shield.
"I'll cover anything that comes up," he says, the offer weighted with a kindness you're not sure you deserve. "But I think you need to go."
He doesn't say where. He doesn't have to. The destination hovers between you.
Still, you say nothing, your fingers tracing idle patterns in the condensation on your glass. But something shifts in the atmosphere around you, not a decision yet, nothing so concrete or brave. More like the subtle change in molecular rearrangement that animals sense before humans do.
Because maybe there's a version of this story where you don't end up alone with your accomplishments for company, where professional triumph isn't the only warmth in your bed. The thought bubbles up, ridiculous and terrifying and somehow not entirely unwelcome.
You've spent so much of your life building walls with the focus of someone who believes safety lies in being alone, you almost forgot what it feels like to stand before a door that's already open, waiting. The possibility stretches before you, an invitation to step through and see what might exist on the other side.
Daniel slips away, leaving behind only the lingering scent of overpriced whiskey and words that hang in the air. You remain at the railing, arms folded across your chest in what your therapist would probably call a "defensive posture" if you actually went to therapy instead of just reading psychology articles at 3 A.M.
For a while, you just breathe, an activity so basic it shouldn't feel revolutionary, and yet somehow does. One inhale. One exhale. One heartbeat after another.
Then, with the slowness of someone defusing a bomb, your hand migrates to your pocket. Your fingers close around your phone, that small, glowing rectangle.
The screen illuminates instantly, revealing a notification dot so aggressively red it might as well be screaming. You tap the voicemail icon with the hesitancy of someone poking at what might be a sleeping bear. The app lags for a moment, probably collapsing under the sheer weight of messages you've been studiously ignoring.
112 unheard messages.
You stare at the number, a monument to your impressive commitment to avoidance. Gold medal material.
You haven't listened to a single one. Haven't allowed yourself even the smallest peek behind the curtain you pulled.
Your fingers hovers above the most recent message, trembling slightly. You press play before the rational part of your brain can stage an intervention.
"Hey."
His voice arrives like an ambush, rough around the edges, frayed.
"I don't even know if you'll listen to this. You probably won't. But I just... I don't know what to do anymore."
Your grip on the railing tightens, as if holding onto something sturdy might somehow anchor you against what's coming.
"You're not answering. You won't text me back. Daniel says you're 'handling things.' Whatever the fuck that means."
“You always do this. You disappear when things get hard. But this isn't just some hookup anymore. You know that."
You press the phone against your ear with unnecessary force, as if the closer it gets the more sense everything might make.
"I said something I shouldn't have. About your family. I know I crossed a line and I'm sorry. I'm so fucking sorry."
Your throat constricts, performing an impressive impersonation of a python with its prey. The apology lingers in the universe for a second too long.
"I wanted you to know me. But… I think I forgot that I'm only just starting to know you. And I want to. God, I want to know you so bad."
The voicemail ends with a soft click that somehow sounds louder than any dramatic declaration. You don't move. You don't blink. You barely breathe. Your brain, that overachieving organ that's kept you ten steps ahead in boardrooms and client meetings, suddenly finds itself speechless.
You press play on the next message with the reckless courage of someone who's already jumped from the plane and figures the parachute situation can be sorted out mid-fall.
"Please talk to me."
The sound travels from your phone directly to some unguarded part of your chest.
"I can't sleep. I keep thinking you're gonna call. And then you don't. I get it, I do. But I miss you."
"That's pathetic, right? Missing someone who keeps running from you?"
The question hangs in the air, unanswered and devastating. You find yourself shaking your head in automatic response, as if he could somehow see you through time and digital space.
Your thumb hangs over the screen, hesitating for the briefest moment before tapping to the next message like someone poking at a bruise to see if it still hurts. And the next. And the next.
Each message is a progressive study in yearning — Jungkook's voice traveling through octaves of exhaustion and vulnerability you didn't know existed. Each one reveals another layer of him spiraling, leaving behind a man who can't understand why someone disappeared.
"I think I'm in love with you.”
There it is. The message that finally breaks through the elaborate wall of denial you've been maintaining. Kind of like the sprinkler system activating after the fire's already spread to every room.
You bite down on your bottom lip hard enough to draw blood, your body's desperate attempt to keep everything contained as your eyes begin to burn with the particular sting that follows with tears. You lock your phone with fingers that suddenly feel clumsy.
The breath you draw in trembles, your chest expanding around a feeling you've been ignoring since Seoul.
You can feel it now rushing toward you with the unstoppable momentum of a train whose brakes have failed. The devastation you left behind, casually strewn across continents like discarded clothing. The truth you didn't want to admit, even in the privacy of your own thoughts. The stupid, impossible, terrifying fact that somewhere between contract negotiations and late night 1-on-1 strategy sessions, between stolen moments in hotel bars and shared laughter over take-out containers that he forced you to eat, between arguments that felt too personal and kisses that felt too intimate, Jeon Jungkook somehow slipped past every defense system you'd installed and became more than just another project to complete.
He became the person you think about when good things happen.
The voice you want to come home to on difficult days.
The laugh that somehow makes everything lighter.
Oh.
The realization lands with surprising gentleness.
Oh shit.
You wipe your cheek with the back of your hand for tears that somehow manifested on your face. For the first time since you left Korea, the weight that's been compressing your lungs begins to lift. Not because the ache has diminished or because the fear has subsided, but because you've finally granted it permission to exist.
The realization settles into your bones, that what you want has never resided in quarterly projections or campaign metrics or the professional detachment you've perfected over years of holding people at a distance.
What you want, what you've wanted while convincing yourself otherwise, exists in a hotel room in Korea where a boy with gentle hands and knowing eyes has been waiting for your voice. The thought arrives with clarity, cutting through layers of cynicism and self-protection: you've been running from the very thing you most desperately need.
Your fingers find your phone with newfound certainty, navigating to your travel app with none of the hesitation that's characterized every interaction with this device recently. The flight options materialize on the screen. You select the earliest departure, credit card information autofilling as if your technology recognized this decision before you made it. The laughter and chatter from your coworkers seems so far away despite how close they actually are.
It’s just you and the simple, terrifying recognition that some journeys can only be postponed, never avoided — and the surprising discovery that stepping toward what frightens you can feel remarkably like coming home.
。・:*:・゚★,。・:*:・゚☆
Okay… so you’ve definitely done more degrading things before. Right?
You're sweating through your blouse with the enthusiasm of someone auditioning for a deodorant commercial (and failing. To your own detriment.)
This isn't the "post-workout glow" fitness influencers pretend is attractive. No, this is your body's formal declaration of mutiny, a rebellion against rational thought executed through every pore. Your armpits, palms, and the back of your neck have formed an alliance dedicated to transforming your clothes into soggy evidence of your composure.
What the fuck are you doing?
Outside Jeon Jungkook's front door, you've established a pacing perimeter worthy of a security detail, shoes padding against pavement. The neighborhood is all manicured hedges and tasteful architecture, houses standing witness to what is undoubtedly the most unhinged moment of your professional career.
You halt abruptly, pivot, and resume your trajectory in the opposite direction. Each step carries you further into the absurdity of your situation while bringing you no closer to resolution.
"What the fuck am I doing?" The question emerges as a desperate whisper, fingers wrapped around your purse strap "What the actual fuck am I doing?"
The universe, in its infinite wisdom, offers no response. Not even a convenient sign from the heavens, no fortuitous text message, not so much as a symbolic bird flying overhead. Silence, highlighting the void where your rational decision-making process should be.
The most devastating part of this is your complete lack of preparation — you, who once created a thirty-page document for a photoshoot involving a temperamental cat. You, who color-codes your calendar down to 15-minute increments and keeps emergency protein bars in every bag you own. You, who has never entered a meeting without 3 different strategic approaches and a mental flowchart of possible outcomes.
You flew across the Pacific Ocean on nothing but emotional autopilot, your normally meticulous planning abandoned. You landed, changed your shirt three times in the Incheon airport bathroom while arguing with your reflection, and then navigated to this address with single-minded determination.
His address was acquired through means that would make your company's legal department develop hives. Extracted from the Calvin Klein executive contact database with the moral flexibility of someone who has left all professional ethics back in Manhattan along with her common sense. The violation of privacy policies sits in your phone.
You are experiencing what can only be described as a crash landing; no runway in sight, no landing gear deployed. The metaphorical wreckage spreads across this quiet street, invisible to everyone but acutely, painfully apparent to you.
You excavate your phone from the abyss of your bag and open the Notes app for the third time in 10 minutes, staring with mounting horror at the single sentence you managed to compose somewhere over the ocean — the grand thesis statement that was supposed to carry you across this threshold:
"I'm sorry, and I think I like you."
You blink at it, the words swimming on the screen like poorly translated instructions for assembling complicated furniture. A scoff escapes you in part disbelief, part surrender to the cosmic joke your life has become.
Jesus Christ. That's the line?
That's the earth-shattering revelation that propelled you across international date lines and multiple time zones?
It has all the weight of a middle schooler passing a folded note in math class. "I think I like you" — the verbal equivalent of bringing a water pistol to a nuclear war. The confession carries all the emotional awareness of someone who just discovered feelings exist yesterday and hasn't figured out the instruction manual.
You are pathetic.
You shove the phone back into your bag with force, bearing witness to perhaps the most pitiful declaration of affection ever composed by an allegedly successful adult. Another shaky breath fills your lungs, doing absolutely nothing to calm you.
You haven't knocked yet. You're just standing here, marinating in your own anxiety sweat. Your current strategy appears to be hoping for divine intervention. Perhaps the earth might split open and swallow you whole, or a targeted meteorite might strike just this spot on this particular street in Korea. At this point, even a localized power grid failure would be welcome, anything to ensure that no one ever discovers the depths of your desperate, transcontinental travels for this man.
You feel that urge to run again.
But your feet remain rooted to the concrete, overriding any escape plans.
Underneath the panic, the dampening of your shirt, and the chorus of doubt performing a full operatic production in your head, you know exactly why you're here.
Because of that voice on the phone that carved something permanent into your memory.
Because of the way he looked at you across crowded rooms.
Because for once in your existence, this isn't about control or power or securing the optimal outcome.
This is about choosing someone, even if it makes your knees perform a dance of terror. Even if it required theft of confidential information from a database you definitely shouldn't have access to.
You take one more breath, and step forward with the confidence of someone who still has approximately 14 seconds before complete collapse.
Your knuckles connect with the door in what's meant to be a confident knock but comes as more like the hesitant tapping of someone who's not entirely sure they've got the right house and is already formulating an apology to potential strangers.
The door swings open. There's no cinematic pause, no buffer zone during which you might remember how to be a functioning human capable of speech and basic facial control.
And there he is.
Jungkook.
Standing in his doorway like some kind of domesticated Greek god, barefoot in sweatpants that hang from hipbones, wearing a black t-shirt that clings to his torso. His silver chain catches the light, hair artfully disheveled.
There are shadows beneath his eyes that speak volumes, the look of someone waiting too long for a response that never arrived, for a message that never delivered.
He looks frozen in a moment of suspended animation.
And you.. well, you look like someone who's just realized they've accidentally booked a one-way ticket to their own reckoning without packing appropriate attire. Your professional persona is dissolving faster than cheap mascara in a rainstorm.
Your mouth opens automatically, but your brain has apparently decided to go offline. Not a greeting emerges. Not a witty remark. Not the apology you composed and discarded a dozen times between your airplane seat and this moment.
How do you explain what it means to see him again?To see the evidence of what you did inscribed across his features? To stand there and have a million feelings rushing into you?
And worst of all, to realize that somewhere along the way, between "professional boundaries" and "conflict of interest," you've managed to accomplish something you never planned for: you've fallen catastrophically, inconveniently, undeniably for Jeon Jungkook.
His eyes sweep over you once, then return for a second pass. There's a flicker of disbelief in his expression, as if his brain is running diagnostics on whether you're actually standing on his doorstep or if he's finally cracked and started hallucinating ex-whatever-you-weres.
And then, with the simplicity of someone handling something that might shatter, he says your name.
No accusation coloring the syllables. It’s your name, floating between you like a verbal lifeline extended without judgment.
You swallow with enough force to be audible, fingers doing that twitchy dance at your sides. The emotional menu before you offers several options — spontaneous crying, inappropriate nervous laughter, or your personal favorite: the tactical retreat.
But you stay put. No running shoes required.
You look at him with all your barricades temporarily offline. You’re thinking of that beach, that night you tried to bury. Thinking of the way he looked at you then, like you were still salvageable. Thinking of when he told you, “Hi is a good place to start.” You didn’t say it at your mother’s house. Couldn’t. But maybe now, with the weight of everything lingering in the quiet, maybe now’s your second chance.
So you take it.
"Hi," you whisper, the syllable emerging with all the confidence of a first-time public speaker.
He stares at you. You stare back.
Finally, Jungkook breaks the silence, his voice scratchier than you remember. There's a rawness to it, an edge that suggests maybe he got tired of speaking into the void of your unanswered messages. “What the fuck are you doing here?"
And just like that, your mental hard drive crashes. The speeches you rehearsed somewhere over the terrain vanish like airplane meals — unmemorable and completely inadequate for the situation.
You stand there, watching his chest rise and fall with slightly uneven breaths, and realize that you're going to have to improvise without a safety net.
The only thing your brain can process is the sound of blood whooshing behind your ears and the embarrassing tremor in your fingers as they begin to battle the suddenly complex engineering marvel that is your purse zipper.
"I—" you stammer, voice cracking like a thirteen-year-old boy asking someone to dance. "Hold on—just—"
You excavate the dig site formerly known as your handbag, pushing past convenience store receipts, a lipstick, and a charging cable that's currently charging absolutely nothing. Your fingers finally close around what you've flown across the world to deliver.
It's not exactly presentation-ready; it’s crumpled like it's been stuffed in a blender, folded and smudged around the edges.
With the triumph of someone who just discovered treasure, you extract the contract. His contract. Holy grail of paperwork.
The very same contract for Calvin Klein that consumed months of your life, prompted 17 panic attacks, and served as the professional excuse for every personal boundary violation you've committed since meeting him.
You unfold it clumsily, then thrust it toward him like an artifact that could explain your entire emotional state without requiring actual human communication.
"Your contract is up," you announce. "It ended this week."
Jungkook blinks at you with confusion. His eyebrows pull together, creating that little crease you've definitely never memorized. "Okay...?" he questions.
You look at him with the desperate stare of someone whose entire communication strategy is telepathy while your throat constricts. The words scream inside your head with megaphone clarity: Don't you get it? Don't you see what I'm trying to say?!
But all that emerges is a breath.
He glances down at the paper, then back at your face "I know," he says slowly, "I was there when I signed it."
A sound escapes you. This is what your life has become — standing on a doorstep, physically shaking, brandishing legal paperwork like it's a love letter. You, who once negotiated a seven-figure deal without breaking a sweat, reduced to communicating your feelings through expired contractual obligations and hoping he somehow translates this into "I've made a terrible mistake and flown across the world to fix it."
He's still examining the contract, tilting his head slightly, eyes narrowing, as if proper legal documentation might suddenly reveal invisible ink.
It's really just paper and ink and legal jargon that somehow became the flimsiest of excuses to orbit each other's lives.
Your fingers tighten around the document before it goes limp in your hands, dangling between you. “You think I care about this contract? Do you really think I flew across the world to remind you about paperwork? What am I, the world's most dedicated courier service?"
His eyes lock onto yours now. He's silent, still, letting you speak.
"I don't give a shit about Calvin Klein," you continue. "Or the campaign. Or the storefronts. I mean... I do, I did, but not like that. Not more than this." You gesture vaguely between the two of you with the contract, which has now been demoted from legal document to impromptu prop.
You're fully in verbal freefall now, thoughts colliding in real-time, each one crashing into the next before either can reach a proper conclusion.
"Do you know what you did to me?" The question is more of a whisper. "You made me feel things I don't let myself feel. You made me lose control. You — God, you made me talk."
His jaw tightens eyes simultaneously sharp and soft. He's bracing himself, his body language shifting.
"For the first time in a year, I saw my mother," you continue, the confession tumbling out with the momentum of something that's been held back too long. "I held my sister. I went home."
You blink rapidly, your eyes performing emergency protocols to contain the tears. "Do you know what kind of man it takes to make me do that?"
Jungkook's lips part like he's about to speak, but nothing leaves, as if the dictionary of possible responses has been wiped from his memory. You step closer, closing the distance between you.
"You got me to sit on a beach and tell you things I've never said out loud. You got me to let you in. Without trying.. or asking." Your hands wave vaguely in the air, as if trying to physically grasp the concept. "You just... did. You're the first man who's ever made me feel something that wasn't transactional. You make me feel like a person, Jungkook.“
He's standing with the frozen stillness of someone who just discovered they're in a minefield, but his chest is rising and falling. You know he's hearing it all; every word, every crack in your voice, every truth you've been swallowing since you pushed him away.
"I didn't come here to fix anything," you murmur, "I just needed you to know that you mattered. That you weren't some mistake for me."
And then, quieter, “You were the only thing that ever felt real.“
Jungkook blinks once. And then again. If a human could display a buffering sign, it would be rotating above his head right now.
He's speechless, which considering he's a man who performs in front of stadium crowds and has entire teams dedicated to crafting his public statements, is quite the achievement to add to your professional resume.
You just let him look at you. There's no persona to hide behind, not anymore.
And the longer he stands there, wordless as a statue, watching you, jaw clenched tight, the more your stomach flip-flops inside you.
You've never been this exposed. Not even in the heat of his bed, when physical nakedness seemed like the most vulnerable state possible (how adorably naive that belief seems now.) This is an entirely different category of exposure.
Still, he says nothing. The audacity of this silence is almost impressive.
So you redirect, falling back on the one thing you understand: paperwork.
Your fingers tremble, but you manage to grip the contract and tear it straight down the middle with surprising dramatic flair.
Again. And again. And again.
Until it's nothing but corporate confetti. Thin little fragments of legally binding language and signature and structure, falling in what your brain identifies as a metaphor so on-the-nose it would be rejected from a first year creative writing workshop.
"I don't care about this," you whisper, gesturing to the paper carnage. "I mean, I do care about this. Just… not the way I care about you." You immediately recognize this as the kind of line that would make you roll your eyes if you heard it in a movie, yet here you are, delivering it with complete sincerity. The universe has a twisted sense of humor.
Nothing. Nada. Zilch. His silence has evolved from awkward to actually embarrassing now.
You’re starting to think you may be too late. Maybe he got back together with his ex. Maybe him and Jennie are fucking again.
You blink back the burn in your eyes, throat closing around words. "Please," you breathe out, "Tell me I'm not too late. Tell me I didn't fuck up another thing in my life—"
You barely finish getting the words out before he moves.
One second you're standing there, and the next, his hands are on your waist, pulling you in, grounding you like gravity suddenly remembered your specific coordinates.
To your surprise — he’s kissing you.
The world narrows to this: his hands on your body, warm and solid and real. The faint scent of his musky cologne mixing with a body wash that is uniquely him. The pressure of his lips against yours, lip ring cool against your warm mouth.
Somewhere in the back of your mind, a small voice wonders if this counts as a successful business negotiation or a breach of ethics. The rest of your consciousness tells that voice, quite firmly, to shut the hell up.
You melt into him, shaking and breathless, fingers curling into his t-shirt as your lips part under his with enthusiasm.
This isn't some tentative, exploratory first kiss from a Hinge meetup. This isn't the calculated kiss of someone testing chemistry before deciding if a dinner date was worth the investment.
This is a kiss that announces "you're home" with little to no subtlety.
His mouth remains attached to yours as he backs into the doorway, pulling you along and tethering your body to his like you might run. His paranoia, you have to admit, isn't entirely unreasonable given your track record of vanishing acts.
The torn contract lies abandoned on the welcome mat. The wind shifts behind you as the door clicks shut with finality.
Inside, it's warm. Dim. Quiet. Smells like a mix of spices and some kind of candle. His soft lips move over yours, intoxicating enough that your educated brain has forgotten how to form coherent sentences in any known language.
He walks you backward through his home, the kiss breaking only in microsecond intervals.
"I waited for you," he whispers between kisses. You respond with a sound between a whimper and a sigh, palms pressing into his chest as he lightly pushes you against the nearest wall with surprising authority. His breath fans hot against your cheek, “I told myself to let it go. That maybe I'd imagined all of it, that you didn't feel the same."
You gasp as his teeth graze your skin with just enough pressure to short-circuit your higher reasoning capabilities. One of his hands slides up beneath your blouse, his touch somehow managing to be both needy and soft.
Your last coherent thought before surrendering entirely to this expected plot twist is that Daniel is never, ever going to let you live this down when you return to New York.
"I've never felt this way about anyone," he exhales against the base of your throat, words tumbling out. "Not once."
It’s real when he says it. All of it. Every emotional shard he left scattered across like breadcrumbs, still waiting for you to come back and attempt the world's most ill-advised puzzle reassembly.
You pull him closer with upper body strength you didn't know you possessed, kissing him like your respiratory system has been recently reconfigured to run exclusively on Jeon Jungkook. Your hands slip beneath the hem of his shirt, cataloging the warmth of him, the tension coiled in his muscles.
"Jungkook..." You begin, caught between a moan and a murmur.
But he shakes his head, kissing you harder, "Don't. Don't say anything yet. Just be here." The request comes with the desperation of someone who's still half-convinced they're hallucinating.
You have absolutely no idea of how you've navigated this far into his house. Your last clear memory involves standing on a doorstep watching shredded corporate paperwork fall to the gravel.
The walls blur, corners cease to exist. Every hallway becomes a perfect clone when your mouth remains fused to his. You maintain only peripheral awareness of your own movement, shoes occasionally slipping against the floor with all the grace of a newborn giraffe, his hands gripping your waist to steady you. You careen into one wall, then another, turning his home into an obstacle course neither of you seems particularly interested in navigating efficiently.
He's talking through it all, and you don't realize you're crying until his thumb brushes over your cheekbone in adoration.
"I thought I lost you," he mumbles, his mouth creating a cartography of your features; the edge of your lips, the angle of your jaw, the sensitive spot just below your ear. "You were gone. I thought that was it."
You shake your head, and he doesn't even wait for verbal confirmation before kissing you again. Deeper this time, with the kind of attention to your body that makes you wonder if perhaps your entire professional career has just been an elaborate prelude to this specific moment in this hallway with this person.
Your fingers fumble with the hem of his shirt, tugging the fabric upward in what's meant to be a smooth, seductive motion. He lifts his arms automatically anyway as if he is just as desperate to eliminate any non-skin barriers between you.
His shirt gets tossed somewhere, your hand firmly planted on the plane of his chest, the taut muscle underneath.
"Fuck," he mutters against your collarbone, as he presses you against yet another wall (his home apparently consisting of nothing but convenient vertical surfaces.) One hand slips beneath your blouse while the other slides up your clothed thigh with intent. "You can't do that to me again."
"I won't," you promise, hands trembling against his chest "I swear."
He kisses you again like he doesn't quite believe you but has decided the potential heartbreak is an acceptable risk if it means having this fragment of connection.
Clothes begin their gradual migration to the floor — not the choreographed disrobing of movie sex scenes where garments somehow land in artful arrangements, but the realistic, occasionally awkward shedding. Your blouse gets caught on one earring. He helps with buttons while simultaneously trying to maintain mouth-to-mouth contact, resulting in misaligned kisses that land at the corner of your lips.
There's a brief, silent negotiation about whether your shoes should come off before or after your pants. Jeans are discarded, fingers brushing against your lace underwear.
You don't even care about the logistics anymore, the who-goes-where and what-happens-when that your organizational brain would typically want to map out. You just know one essential truth.
You need him.
Not in the scratch-an-itch way of previous encounters.
You're letting him see you now, unfiltered and unedited.
You don't try to steady your hands as they trail down his sides. Don't stabilize your voice to hide the crack when you whisper his name like it's become a more honest version of your own. You don't armor yourself when he looks down at you, shirtless and flushed, and murmurs with wonder: "You came back."
And that's when he lifts you, hands sliding under your thighs, holding you firmly to him. You wrap your legs around him, arms circling his neck, surrendering to being transported like the world's most willing hostage.
You have only the vaguest awareness of your surroundings. Some room, presumably his bedroom, though frankly it could have been his kitchen or laundry room and you wouldn't have noticed or cared. Geography has become thoroughly irrelevant to your current priorities.
The only thing actually registering in your sensory catalog is him; breath warming your collarbone, skin pressed against skin, lips trailing slow, wet kisses along the slope of your shoulder. He lays you down on his bed, gaze taking inventory of every inch of you.
His expression carries the stunned disbelief of someone who can't quite convince himself he's allowed to have you after you pulled your disappearing act.
The room is quiet except for your combined breathing and the soft rustle of sheets. Jungkook's palms drag up the sides of your thighs with a confidence that makes your skin tingle in anticipation, thumbs grazing the curve of your hips. He lowers himself, dark hair falling across his forehead. He presses a kiss just above your knee that sends an electrical current straight to your core which has apparently been in hibernation.
"You always look like this for me?" he murmurs. His fingers toy with the delicate hem of your lace underwear — the good ones you'd packed with what you now recognize was blatant optimism disguised as practicality. His eyes flicker up to catch yours, and you recognize him on his knees in his own bedroom, and suddenly breathing seems like an advanced skill you never quite mastered. "Spread out, soft... waiting?"
You can only nod, lips parted and pulse fluttering beneath your skin. Because when he's like this, looking at you like you're some kind of miracle he's afraid to blink and miss, it's impossible to maintain the illusion that you were ever in control of this situation.
Your eyes flutter shut, hands curling into the sheets. He hasn't even properly touched you yet, but you're already unraveling faster than a cheap sweater in the dryer, undone by nothing more than his mouth hovering in your general vicinity.
You feel the delicate tug of lace between your thighs, the slow drag of your underwear as he bites at the waistband. He pulls them down with his teeth like he's personally offended by the concept of using hands for their intended purpose, savoring each millimeter of progress.
He drops the lace to the floor with casual disregard, like it’s unimportant — which, right now, it is — and without hesitation, he leans in, pressing the softest kiss to your soaked core.
You jolt visibly, audibly, a shaky sound catching in your throat as your legs try to twitch closed out of instinct. Not that he allows this sudden attack of modesty to proceed.
No, he’s already got his hands under your thighs, dragging you closer to the edge of the bed, closer to his mouth, to the heat of his breath, to the place he plans to keep you until you forget your name.
And then he hooks your legs over his shoulders with practiced expertise, essentially wearing your thighs like the world's most inappropriate neck pillow.
“There we go,” he mutters, like he’s pleased with himself, like he’s settling in. His fingers dig into your thighs to maintain his access route, thumbs brushing over skin softly that somehow makes everything worse (or better, depending on your perspective.) He’s spreading you wide open for him, singing your praises, “Nice and close. Stay just like that, baby.”
And you do, despite your brain's distant, feeble protests about maintaining some semblance of dignity. Your hands scramble through the sheets, heart thundering in your chest.
A single coherent thought manages to penetrate the fog of sensation overtaking your higher reasoning capabilities: you are so, so screwed. Metaphorically, for now. Though given current trajectory, the literal interpretation seems imminent.
His grip on your thighs tightens just before his mouth finds your cunt. It’s one singular lick, tongue dividing between your folds. Your fingers dive into his hair with the desperate urgency of someone grabbing the last life preserver on a sinking ship, threading through the soft strands until you're practically clutching his head. “F-fuck!”
It’s consistent laps up and down your folds, your juices coating his lips, the coldness of his lip ring sending you into oblivion. He doesn’t ease up. He doesn’t tease. He devours you, tongue beginning to speed up.
You feel completely exposed, like you've accidentally sent your most private thoughts to a company-wide email thread, and somehow this vulnerability only intensifies everything, your body apparently interpreting danger signals as "please, sir, more of that."
Then his tongue flicks across your clit with the precise timing of someone who's memorized your particular user manual, and the noise that escapes you resembles something between a hiccup and the beginning of an embarrassing performance. Some pathetic little "uh" sound bubbles up from your throat.
You’re spread out beneath him, legs shaking, sheets twisted in your fists as he keeps going — his tongue relentless, lips slick, chin wet with you. His jaw glistens with evidence of your arousal, creating the kind of mess that would horrify you normally but currently registers as the hottest thing you've ever witnessed.
He groans against you, the vibration adding yet another layer of sensation to the overwhelming cascade, a sound so deep and raw it seems to originate from somewhere primal. Maybe he's just as far gone as you are, equally lost in this moment of reconnection. Or maybe… god, who cares, he just really can’t stop.
Your brain is syrupy now, thick and slow, synapses misfiring as your body spins somewhere between pleasure and delirium. Every drag of his tongue has you twitching, every suck of his lips on your clit sends another wave crashing through you, and your body doesn’t know what to do with any of it.
“Fuck—Jungkook, I—I can’t—” you gasp, practically ripping his hair out of his scalp. Your voice has adopted qualities you've never heard before — high, fractured, entirely unbefitting for someone who once made a junior copywriter cry with a single raised eyebrow.
“I love eating this pussy,” he mutters, muffled against your soaked cunt. Like he's experiencing a religious epiphany that happens to be centered between your thighs. “Swear to god, I’d live here. Every damn day.”
You respond with a choked sob that would mortify you in literally any other context but seems perfectly reasonable given that your central nervous system is currently experiencing the neurological equivalent of fireworks.
“You taste so fuckin’ sweet,” he murmurs, dragging his tongue in one long, devastating stripe. “So good for me. You feel that, baby? The way you’re dripping all over me? The way your little cunt’s beggin’ for it?”
Your hips buck upward, but he counters this rebellion, mouth locking around your clit with such pressure that your eyes roll back like they're trying to retreat into your skull for safety.
“You’re mine,” he says, voice containing equal parts possession and wonder, as if he's surprised by his own declaration. “You know that? I’m never letting you go.”
You’re gone. Dizzy, spinning, stars behind your eyes. There’s a scream climbing up your throat, and your entire body is about to break apart, lit from within by a chain reaction that has precisely one catalyst: him, him, him.
Just when you think you’re about to tip over the edge, when every muscle in your body is coiled and quaking, Jungkook pulls back slightly, enough to keep you hovering. His tongue slows to an excruciating crawl, tracing soft circles around your clit. Barely there. Absolutely criminal.
Your whole body jolts, hips twitching helplessly, chasing more, chasing anything. But he keeps you right there, locked in with the pads of his fingers bruising your thighs.
"N-no—don't stop," you whimper, voice hitting notes that would embarrass you in any other context. "Feels so good, I—fuck, since when— since when did you get this good?"
He hums against you, the vibration hitting exactly where you need it most, sounding entirely too pleased with himself. His tongue resumes its torturously slow rhythm, each deliberate stroke designed for maximum frustration. He's moving like he's got all day to keep you on this edge.
"I mean it," you babble, vocabulary reduced to the primitive language center of someone who's forgotten they once intimidated an entire marketing department. "God, it's—fuck, I swear, what the fuck, it feels so —ahh— good!”
You glance down, desperate for visual confirmation that this is actually happening, and discover he's already looking up at you. Eyes dark and hazed over like he's sampled something significantly stronger than the recommended dosage, half-lidded and wild.
And the moment your eyes lock, it hits you like a punch to the chest. Somehow, it feels too raw.
His tongue doesn’t stop, slow and cruel in its own way, but his eyes stay locked on yours. Completely unflinching, intense, like he wants you to see him, like he’s trying to tell you something with every flick of his tongue.
Your tone fractures like cheap glassware. "Jungkook... please, please don't stop, I can't—"
He doesn't (clearly a man who follows through on his commitments.)
Just when you think you’ve adjusted to the slow torture of his tongue, Jungkook shifts.
This time, there's no trace of the earlier restraint. No more teasing. No more measured patience. His tongue flattens and drags against your slit, before circling your clit rapidly, flicking in tight, rhythmic strokes that have your entire body seizing.
You cry out with sounds that would be mortifying if recorded, hands clutching his hair like stress balls. "J-Jungkook—oh my God—don't stop, don't—fuck, please—"
"Keep still," he whispers against you,"Take it just like this."
And then he’s back on you, tongue working you over, flicking fast, then flattening again, sucking your clit into his mouth and rolling the sensitive nub over in devastating circles.
You're spiraling into some delirious dimension where coherent speech is a distant memory. "God—fuck—Jungkook, what the fuck, you're—nnh, please keep going."
He chuckles into you, vibration shooting through your spine. “Want you to cum on my face.”
And then — just when your nerve endings have adjusted to his particular brand of torture — he pauses.
You whine at the sudden loss, body shaking, on the very edge of begging. But then you feel it: two fingers, thick and warm, sliding slowly into you. The stretch makes your back arch, mouth falling open on a broken moan as he sinks them deep and curls them just right.
Your walls clamp around him instantly, greedy and desperate, like they've been waiting for exactly this intrusion.
“Oh my God,” you gasp, eyes flying open. “Fuck!”
He pulls his mouth back a bit to speak, lips slick with you, fingers never leaving you. “Hmm, I’ve always known how to fuck you right.”
He leans in again, multitasking with impressive coordination; his tongue returning to your sopping wet core with determination while his fingers establish a rhythm inside you that can only be described as diabolically perfect. They curl against your sweet spot that makes your vision develop lens flares at the edges.
"Cum for me," he begs, "Cum on my fingers. Cum on my tongue. I want all of it."
And there's nothing left in your arsenal of resistance to fight this particular hostile takeover.
Not when he's looking at you with that expression. Especially not when his fingers are pumping inside you.
Your orgasm tears through you with a force that feels almost violent, body snapping taut beneath him as your back arches off the bed and a involuntary cry rips from your throat.
This is a full system meltdown. A white-hot supernova behind your eyelids, a full-body seismic event that has you gasping for oxygen. Your thighs clamp around Jungkook's head but he doesn't even flinch — he holds steady, fingers maintaining their rhythm, mouth still attending to your clit with dedication.
Everything in the known universe disappears except the overwhelming input of sensation; his mouth, his hands, his voice murmuring something against your trembling flesh that your pleasure-scrambled brain files under "process later" in a folder that may never actually be opened.
And then — oh God. There it is.
A gush of warmth, uncontrollable, spilling out of you before you can stop it,, and maybe you do squirt, maybe it’s just a near miss, but who’s to say? All you know with absolute certainty is that you're essentially baptizing his face, and the animalistic sound he produces in response is obscene, so proud, that it sends another aftershock ripping through your core.
Your whole body vibrates. Wrecked. Utterly demolished.
Jungkook finally pulls back, face glistening. He looks both flushed and triumphant, eyes dilated, staring at you like you've just performed some rare cosmic event he was lucky enough to witness.
"Holy shit," you exhale, "What the fuck was that."
He has a shit-eating grin on his face, wiping his chin with the back of his hand in a gesture that should be gross but somehow isn't, managing to look simultaneously cocky and awestruck. "Guess I don't have to wonder if you came."
You release a sound that exists somewhere between laughter and delirium, flinging an arm over your eyes. “I think I just blacked out," you murmur, the confession slipping out too easily.
Jungkook leans over you, starts to get off his knees, pressing a kiss to your inner thigh, then another softer one. "Good," he says.
You blink at the ceiling with disoriented wonder. "Fuck, I missed this. Even if it wasn't that long of a break."
He chuckles. "I don't care how long it was, I still missed it."
You blink through the haze clouding your vision just in time to witness Jungkook fully rising to his feet at the edge of the bed, his gaze locked on you. His hands hook into the waistband of his boxers, dragging them down his thighs. Then he's there, hard, thick, and flushed, cock cradled in his hand as he strokes himself.
His eyes trail over your body with the thorough documentation of someone creating a visual archive. You can feel yourself responding in eagerness, walls clenching around nothing like they're experiencing separation anxiety.
"I'm never letting you go again," he says, voice dropping the playful edge, becoming something serious. “You get that, right?"
You attempt to formulate a response, but discover your mouth has apparently decided to cosplay as the Sahara. All you can manage is a nod that barely qualifies as movement.
He’s slightly hovering over you, arms sliding under your thighs, clamping around them as he drags you down the bed in one swift movement. You gasp as your ass makes abrupt contact with the edge of the mattress, cool air hitting newly exposed skin while your legs fall open, and then — holy evolutionary biology —
His cock slides through your folds, the weight and heat of him dragging against your already hypersensitive clit like a match strike against sandpaper. You whimper, legs twitching, your body apparently unable to decide if it's too sensitive for more stimulation or desperately craving it.
He repeats the motion again. And again. The thick, velvety length of his cock glides through your slick evidence, teasing your entrance. He lets you feel every ridge and vein without giving you the satisfaction of actual penetration, slaps his length against your juices a few times.
"Feel that?" he speaks softly, "That's mine. This whole fucking pussy. All of you." The possessive declaration should trigger your feminist alarm bells, but your body apparently didn't get the memo, responding instead with an endorsement.
Your hips jerk upward instinctively. “Jungkook, please."
He looks down at you, pupils so dilated they've nearly consumed the black holes. His jaw clenches, sweat creating a subtle sheen at his temple that catches the dim light. His cock twitches against you, leaving another hot trail of precum across your folds like some kind of territorial marking. “Say it," he growls, "Say you're mine."
Your fingers claw at the sheets, completely useless against the solid weight of him positioned between your thighs. You're wet to a degree that should concern you, but it somehow doesn’t. “Jungkook," you moan, "Please. I—I need you."
He grits his teeth, cock jumping between your folds. His expression broadcasts a man barely maintaining his composure. “Say it," he repeats. "Tell me you're mine."
You gasp, legs shuddering in his iron grip. “I'm yours," you whisper, the words escaping before your pride can intercept them. "I'm yours, Jungkook. I'm fucking yours. Please.. just fuck me. I can't, I need it, need you—"
That's all it takes; your desperate declaration being the final passcode to unlock whatever restraint he's been maintaining.
He growls under his breath incoherently, pushing his full length devastatingly slow into you.
And the stretch..
Sweet merciful heaven, it's always been llike discovering a new dimension of sensation. Always been the best you’ve ever had.
He's thick, pressing deeper into you than before, walls struggling to accommodate him. Each inch creates a delicious burn that makes your mouth fall open silently.
Your back arches, hands flying to his forearms with a desperate grip. Your lungs attempt to remember their primary function.
"Fuck," Jungkook hisses through teeth clenched, the grip on your thighs now firmly in bruise-manufacturing territory as he watches himself disappear into you. "You're so tight. Shit, always so wet for me."
You attempt to form words, but they never come. You're too full, stretched beyond what you thought possible. All you manage is a whimper as he bottoms out, hips flush against yours, the substantial weight of him seated so deep you feel claimed from the inside out.
He hovers over you, his forehead brushing yours with unexpected tenderness. "You feel that?" he says under his breath. "That stretch? That fullness? That's me, baby."
You nod frantically, nails creating temporary artwork on his toned arms, walls clenching around him with rhythmic pulses. “I can feel you everywhere," you whisper, "You're—fuck, you're so deep, I—"
Jungkook holds still inside you for one suspended moment, long enough for your body to adjust to the size. Your legs twitch where they remain trapped in his grasp, feet dangling in the air.
Then, without verbal warning or mercy, he withdraws completely.
All the way out.
The sudden emptiness hits you like sensory whiplash, your walls clutching at nothing, muscles fluttering with panic, and then he pushes back in unhurriedly, dragging every impressive inch into your slick cunt.
Head tilting back, you moan out something that sounds like a profanity. He follows your movement like he's tethered to you, leaning down with a groan.
That's when you feel it; the gentle tap of cold metal against your chin.
His silver chain. You never really did appreciate that jewelry piece.
It swings, providing cool metallic kisses against your overheated skin. The visual of it dangling above you, catching light with each oscillation, nearly sends you to heaven.
You will never get tired of this man again.
You grab him by the neck with the decisive urgency of someone who's finally stopped overthinking everything, dragging him down against you, crashing your mouth to his with absolutely zero concern for technique or dignity.
Fuck, the taste.
You taste yourself on his lips, a complex, slightly salty sweetness that you'd never admit to anyone you find strangely intoxicating. Mixed with the warmth of his tongue and the slick slide of his mouth, your brain temporarily suspends all higher functions. He maintains that unhurried rhythm below, deep thrusts that end with a grind.
Your teeth accidentally catch his bottom lip in your eagerness and his breath hitches against your mouth.
"God," you exhale into his mouth, "you feel so fucking good. I-I missed you so m-much.”
Jungkook moans wantonly, forehead pressing against yours in that surprisingly tender gesture that somehow makes everything more intimate than the actual sex itself. His hips maintain that tempo, drawing out pleasure.
"You drive me insane," he whines. "You're so fucking tight, so perfect. I could do this all night. Never get tired of being inside you."
You shudder, gasping into the half-kiss, legs tightening around his waist with newfound plans to eliminate any remaining space between your bodies.
When he thrusts again, harder this time, you swear the room performs a slow rotation around you. He breaks the kiss with a muttered profanity that somehow sounds like poetry, staring down at you. In this moment, in this bed, with this man… you’ve never felt more safe and loved.
Yet the careful, teasing rhythm he’s been making love to you with shatters like fine china dropped from a height.
Jungkook drives into you with a force that makes your breath catch, his hips connecting with yours. The soundtrack becomes deliciously obscene — skin meeting skin with wet smacking. The headboard begins its own contribution, banging against the wall with a volume that would concern you if you weren't well past caring about such mundane considerations.
You cry out incredibly loud, “Oh my God — fuck — Jungkook, don't stop," your nails drag across his back and shoulders, anywhere within reach, as your body jerks beneath him.
"Not fucking planning to," he responds with grim determination, thrusting harder, deeper.
Thank God he doesn't have neighbors.
High, broken sounds emerge from your throat that seem to bypass your vocal cords entirely. And Jungkook? He's producing a collection of grunts and groans, punctuating each thrust with your name.
"You hear that?" he pants, fucking into you with enough force to make the bedframe collapse at this rate. "That's how wet you are for me. That sound—fuuck—you hear how good it sounds?"
You can't formulate a coherent response but your body registers only the essential data points: the way his cock hits that sweet spot each time, the way your walls grip him, the feel of his muscles underneath your fingertips.
You're the visual definition of dishevelment — hair stuck to your face, eyes glazed mouth open and—oh god—actually drooling slightly as you beg for more.
Jungkook's hand comes up to grab your jaw with gentleness, tilting your face to meet his gaze. “You are so, so beautiful."
The sincerity punches through your pleasure-riddled brain. You suddenly recognize this look — the one he's been giving you for weeks while you've been busy pretending he wasn’t. The realization lands with the subtlety of a piano dropped from a third-story window: you're the oblivious protagonist in your own romantic story.
Without warning or consultation, Jungkook rearranges your legs, hooking them over his shoulders like he's claiming ownership… which, at this particular moment, feels like a completely reasonable arrangement.
He thrusts back in, so deep your mouth drops open in a silent scream. Your walls clamp down on them, juices leaking out onto the sheets below you.
"Holy shit," you gasp, "I can't, I can't, you're so deep, Jungkook, I—"
Somehow, in this moment of incoherence and surrender, you've never felt more genuinely yourself. There's something terrifying and liberating about being seen so completely, being known in this most primitive, honest way, and that you’ll let him have you like this.
He groans, abs flexing with roll of his hips. From this angle, escape from visual impact is impossible; he's looming above you, hair falling into eyes, jaw squared. His chest rises and falls in a quick, shallow rhythm but has decided breathing is less important than the task at hand.
"Fuck," he growls, gaze traveling downward to where your bodies connect, where every drag of his cock exhibits a ring of cream soaking his base. "Taking me so well. You're so fucking tight baby, squeezing me like you want me to cum."
You respond with some sound, legs twitching on his shoulders, toes curling behind his back with enough force to cause minor cramping.
"You were made for me," he rasps, "Made to take my cock."
His hand slides to your lower abdomen, pushing down with gentle pressure, and… wait, what is that? You can actually feel him inside you, a distinct bulge moving with each thrust, and your brain momentarily abandons pleasure to engage in scientific inquiry. How is that even possible? Isn't that one of those myths perpetuated by romance novels written by people with questionable understanding of female anatomy? Yet here you are, experiencing the impossible, your own body betraying your skepticism.
"Oh my God," you cry out, "I can feel your—I can't— Jungkook, I can't—"
"Yes, you can," he counters, leaning further forward. He pounds into you, driving his hips even faster. "You're doing so fucking good for me. You're perfect. So perfect."
The praise sends you down a delirious spiral. It's embarrassing how effective simple validation can be, how the right words at the right moment can dismantle any fears you had.
Jungkook's rhythm falters momentarily, before he suddenly stills, cock pulsing inside you with a distinct throb, your walls gripping him with contractions. “Get up," he rasps.
You blink up at him with the unfocused bewilderment of someone who's forgotten how limbs work, body vibrating.
But then his hands are under your thighs, guiding your legs down. He helps you upright, being as careful and soothing as possible. As soon as you’re vertical, back of your knees hitting the edge of the bed, he grabs your face with urgency and kisses you — not the polite, exploratory kiss of early dating, but the kind that has already memorized the topography of your mouth.
His tongue slides in with confidence, and you respond with some sound that gets muffled in his mouth, drunk on the cocktail of hormones, endorphins, and the intoxication of tasting yourself on someone else's lips. Jungkook grips your jaw, hand trailing down to play with one of your pebbled nipples.
Without warning or a proper transition period, his other hand executes a perfect southward journey to your ass and delivers a sharp smack that somehow hits the precise intersection of pleasure and startled indignation.
You gasp, body performing an involuntary jump, and he grins against your lips with the smug satisfaction of someone who's just confirmed a long-held hypothesis (which is that you’ve always liked it when he slapped you. Which he knew.)
"Atta girl," he murmurs, "Now turn around."
You comply eagerly, positioning yourself on wobbly knees on the bed and arching your back in what you hope resembles sexy feline grace rather than a person about to cum in under five seconds. Your hands clutch the sheets with a desperate grip.
Behind you, the mattress creaks with his movement, his hands beginning a leisurely expedition up your back, wandering against your spine. He leans in, his breath cool on your overheated skin, and begins planting kisses down your spine. Each contact of his lips sends tiny electrical currents branching outward, tongue occasionally making guest appearances.
"You're unreal," Jungkook whispers, his voice carrying the raspy quality of genuine awe. "Every inch of you."
And then his hands find your hips with purposeful intent, pulling you backward, and you already know.
You already know you're not ready; not in the sense of being unwilling, but in the way that your body is still recovering from the previous position and probably needs another moment. Normally, under other circumstances, you might’ve stopped whoever, but because it’s him and somehow it feels like it’s been too long, you whimper in excitement.
He taps his cock against your slit a few time, collecting the arousal, and that elicits another wanton moan from you. He slides back in easily, and the sensation of fullness is immediately overwhelming, spine curving in automatic response like you're trying to make space for him inside your body. Your forehead drops to the mattress as a cry escapes your throat, “O-oh fuck, Jungkook!”
"Fuuuck," he groans behind you. His hips connect with your backside forcefully, and repeatedly. "This pussy's fucking perfect. God, I’m going to fuck y-you everyday."
Your entire form jolts with each impact, hands clutching the sheets. Your sensory awareness has narrowed to a hyper-focused inventory of feeling: every inch of him, each purposeful grind of his hips, the smell of his leftover aftershave still on your body, the sound of skin slapping echoing throughout the room. “F-Fuck me like I’m yours.”
That pretty much sends him on a rampage.
His hands press flat between your shoulder blades, effectively pinning you as he speeds his tempo.
"You like this?" he pants against your ear, breath hot against your neck as he leans over you. "Being bent over, dripping all over my cock?"
Your moan comes out high-pitched, needy, and completely stripped of dignity.
"Yes," you whisper, "Yes, Jungkook — fuck, it's so good. You feel so good—"
"That's right," he groans, emphasizing his point with even more forceful thrusts. "Say my name. Let me hear who's fucking you like this."
You obligingly repeat it, volume increasing with each iteration, “Jungkook—Jungkook—"
With absolute certainty, you realize your impending orgasm has become less a question of "if" and more a matter of "how explosively.”
His hand leaves your back. And suddenly, he’s reaching around your front, fingers slick with his own saliva (you think) as they find your clit, rubbing tight, relentless circles that make your whole body seize up.
“J-Jungkook— oh my god —” you choke out.
“You gonna cum for me again?” he begs against your ear, his weight looming on you. “Gonna fall apart on my cock like the filthy little thing you are?”
And yes, of course you are — your body is already approaching the cliff edge — but your brain knew that while your whole being simultaneously sends a very clear memo: We are absolutely fine with this particular brand of objectification at this specific moment, thank you very much.
You attempt to formulate a verbal response, but your vernacular has apparently gone on strike, only a stuttering noise that emerges from you. “Y-yes. Please make me cum, oooh.”
His fingers speed up, merciless on your clit, and his other hand tangles in your hair and pulls. Spine arching, head yanked back until you’re forced to look up, eyes wide and glassy.
"Fuck, fuck," you practically sob, his fingers entangled so deep in your scalp as he gathers his own makeshift ponytail. "I can't—I oh my god—"
"Yeah?" Jungkook hisses, lips brushing your cheek with unexpected tenderness given what's happening elsewhere. "That cockdrunk already?"
"I'm gonna cum, I'm gonna fucking cum again, I—ahh, fuck," you babble with the coherence of someone experiencing a minor stroke, words slurring together, "Jungkook, please—"
"That's it," he bites his lip roughly, nearly drawing blood, his thrusts increasing in both frequency and force. Every circle of his fingers winds the tension tighter in your core. "Say my name while you lose your fucking mind on my cock."
Your mouth drops open in a perfect O, the pressure building in your stomach. Through it all, he remains the constant; grinding into you, fingers maintaining their devastating rhythm on your clit, hand still firmly grasping your hair.
God, you’re right there, so close you can almost…
Jungkook suddenly withdraws completely, creating a void so unexpected your body responds with a sob that comes from somewhere deeper than conscious thought, your entire body trembling and slick and utterly wrecked.
But before you can think again, he's gripping your waist, flipping you over onto your back, your body responding with the cooperative limpness of a rag doll. Thighs still unfortunately shaking from everything he’s done to you. You barely have time to catch your breath before he’s back between your legs, spreading them wide, staring down at the soaked mess between you two.
“Need to see you,” he pants, pupils blown wide. “Need to watch you cum.”
He's kissing you again, less a romantic gesture and more like someone attempting to consume you through your mouth. Tongue hot and demanding, lips slick with everything you’ve given him. It’s messy, desperate, teeth clashing, breaths swallowed. Your hands claw at his back, his hair, needing something to hold onto as he thrusts back into you.
You cry out into his mouth, sound mangled, your head spinning as he fucks you hard from above. His chain swings again with every thrust, cold metal smacking into your bouncing breasts.
Jungkook’s tattooed hand comes up to your throat, wrapping his fingers around the skin, enough to remind you who’s in control.
Your eyes snap open to meet his, and what you find there makes your internal organs perform cartwheels. Possession, worship, and hunger, as if he's been starving for years and you're the first real thing he’s had.
"You're gonna cum for me like this," he whines. His hand maintains its position at your throat, his chain now swinging with abandon, occasionally delivering metallic kisses to your chest. Hands are firmly placed on your hips, your legs flailing with each thrust. "Right here, while I'm inside you."
Your clit throbs at his words with almost painful insistence while your walls contract around his cock, your body apparently making decisions without consulting your brain first.
"Jungkook, right there," you mewl, hand gripping his shoulder tightly, "I can't—I'm gonna—I'm—"
"That's it," he grunts, reclaiming your mouth in a kiss that effectively silences whatever embarrassing sounds were about to escape. “Cum for me, baby."
And you do.
Your orgasm doesn’t just hit — it erupts. It detonates from deep inside you, hot and electric, tearing through your entire body like a lightning strike. Your back arches off the mattress, thighs snapping around Jungkook’s waist as your cunt clamps down on him, squeezing so tight it rips a guttural noise from his throat.
You’re sobbing something that might be his name, might be a prayer, might just be air torn from your lungs.
The world performs an impressive disappearing act. Your vision whites out. You're gone, temporarily relocated to some dimension where only he exists. Every muscle in your body spasms and shakes. It's raw and messy and completely unhinged.
Jungkook feels every microsecond of your unraveling. Each pulse. Each ripple of your body's meltdown beneath him.
"Fuck—" he groans, hips stuttering as your walls flutter around him. His grip intensifies — at your throat, your hip, anywhere he can establish anchor points — his self-control visibly deteriorating with each passing second. "Jesus Christ, you're— fuck, you're squeezing me so hard — baby, I'm not gonna—"
He’s panting now, forehead pressed to yours, sweat dripping from his temple as he tries not to lose it. This whole time you've been running from him, pretending not to notice what's been right in front of you; his almost painful beauty, the devastating architecture of his features, the way his eyes contain entire universes. (Okay, fine, you noticed. Sometimes. Often. Constantly. But admitting it then would have meant admitting other things you weren't ready for.)
"Look at you," he manages, the words coming out with obvious effort as he watches you completely disintegrate beneath him. "You're so goddamn beautiful when you cum."
"Shit," he gasps, "you're gonna make me—fuck, baby, I'm gonna—"
And still, he doesn’t stop praising you, even as his self-control cracks beneath the weight of your body convulsing around his cock.
“So tight. So wet. You’re perfect,” he growls, each compliment landing like a physical touch. “Made for me. My perfect girl.”
Even as his composure fractures atop the weight of your body, he continues his litany of praise. He's trembling above you now, jaw tightly clenched, every muscle locked as he continues moving through your climax, pursuing his own with increasingly desperate determination.
"Jungkook, fuck, I can't—" you sob, the overstimulation too much for you to even breathe, let alone think.
With one final, decisive thrust, he finishes, harder than he ever has in his natural life.
A sound escapes him, raw and primal and startlingly vulnerable. His head drops to your shoulder, hips moving with an erratic rhythm. His body pulses inside yours, hot ropes of cum painting your walls, your toes curling.
"Fuck, fuck, fuuuck—" he whimpers, hips making two more valiant efforts as he empties himself completely. "So good my girl, so fucking good—I can't, shit—"
This moment of complete abandon is when you finally let yourself see him. Not Calvin Klein's global ambassador. Not South Korea's beloved idol. Not the carefully constructed public image or even the man who you cared less about in those first meetings. Just Jungkook, beautiful when his own walls are down.
You spent so long running from this, from him, pretending not to notice how the light catches his features at certain angles, how his eyes tell stories when he looks at you, how the slope of his nose looks like somewhere butterflies land.
Now, watching him come undone because of you, inside you, the realization lands with catastrophic clearness: he was always yours to have. Completely, irrevocably yours in a way that both terrifies and exhilarates you.
His whole body trembles with aftershocks, chest heaving as he presses impossibly deeper, seeking maximum contact. Jungkook’s hand migrates from your throat to your waist, fingers grasping the warm skin.
Tears leak from the corners of your eyes, not from sadness or even overwhelm, but from some emotion too big for your body to contain. Your legs try to remain wrapped around him, but your muscles give out entirely. Your whole body has gone pleasantly boneless, nerves humming, heart performing a drum solo against your ribs.
He pants against your collarbone, his chain now a cool, slightly sticky presence trapped between your overheated bodies, lips brushing your jaw with tenderness.
"I didn't mean — fuck — I didn't mean to cum that hard," he murmurs, voice sandpaper-rough.
You manage a sound that's adjacent to laughter, breathless and slightly broken, your lips struggling to form actual words through the haze of endorphins. "It’s okay."
He allows his weight to settle near you, forehead resting against your shoulder, still intimately connected.
Neither of you move for a long time. Neither of you really want to.
。・:*:・゚★,。・:*:・゚☆
You don't know how long it's been since the world stopped spinning on its axis, time having apparently become an optional concept rather than a reliable constant.
The sheets beneath you are warm, air carrying a complex bouquet — skin and breath and something that exists in the undefined territory between forgiveness and desire. Your legs remain stubbornly intertwined with his own, as if your body is staging its own rebellion against separation, operating on some fear that distance equals disappearance.
Jungkook has maintained silence. You've been equally restrained in your contributions to the non-conversation.
But his hand continues its cartography against your skin. Slow, featherlight circles mapped across your back. Periodically, his lips find your hairline, the gesture so natural it seems less of a conscious choice, but instead an involuntary reflex.
Your head occupies the territory of his shoulder, lips occasionally brushing his collarbone in what could be kisses or simply the accident of proximity. Beneath your ear, his chest rises and falls, his heartbeat a steady percussion under your palm.
You allow your gaze to travel upward.
You look at Jungkook in his unfiltered state — eyes heavy-lidded with satisfied exhaustion, torso bare of everything except his tattoo sleeve, the silver chain and a thin sheen of cooling sweat that catches what little light seeps in from the hallway. A faint crimson mark decorates his jaw where you clearly got too excited. He looks beautifully dismantled.
"I want to make this work."
He blinks. Then freezes in place like someone who's just spotted a rare and potentially skittish creature.
You register when he stops his movement against your back, feel the subtle hitch in his respiratory rhythm before it recalibrates to steadiness. But what matters more is what doesn't happen. He doesn't retreat. Doesn't deflect with humor. Doesn't repackage vulnerability into something more manageable.
Instead, he turns his head to look at you with an expression of wonder, gaze soft around the edges, mouth slightly parted as if he's afraid that acknowledging what you've said might cause you to take it back.
"I don't know how. I'm not... I don't want to be your girlfriend yet. I know I'm not ready for that," you admit, the confession emerging with all the tentative vulnerability of someone stepping onto ice they're not convinced will hold. "But I want to try to get there with you."
You don't explicitly mention fear, don't need to catalog the specific anxieties currently living in your chest. It's encoded in every accelerated heartbeat, every microexpression, every subtle tension in the muscles that have spent years building barriers around your emotions.
You're not hiding behind power dynamics or professional distance or the fortress of pride you've constructed brick by brick. You're just here. In his bed. Body curved around his like a physical manifestation of the promise your words have just placed in the air between you.
Jungkook exhales through his nose, a sound that is the audio equivalent of relief wearing joy's clothing, and presses his forehead to your scalp.
"Then let's try," he murmurs.
The silence expands between you, but it isn't awkward at all.
You adjust your position slightly, one leg claiming territory around his waist. His skin radiates warmth against yours, offering a security that feels foreign but essential. Yet your throat constricts anyway.
"Well," you sigh, "I don't know how to be with you, to be honest."
His eyes move to yours. As always, he doesn't attempt solutions. He listens with the rare patience of someone who understands that witnessing is sometimes more valuable than fixing.
You lick your lips and continue, "I don't know how to be someone who texts good morning. Or someone who talks about their feelings over dinner. Or someone who... who knows how to let another person in without feeling like I'm losing something in return."
The admission costs you something — you can feel it leaving your body, years of self-protection dismantling in real time. For a woman who's built her career on knowing exactly what to say and how to say it, this raw honesty feels like jumping off a bridge with no harness.
He remains silent. But his gaze holds yours with steady assurance, eyes dark and patient in the dim light like he's prepared to wait as long as necessary for whatever comes next.
You hesitate, but then add ,"Is that okay?"
The question hangs between you two. About whether someone like him, who seems to navigate genuine connection with the ease of breathing, could possibly want someone like you, for whom emotional transparency feels like a foreign language.
For what seems like ages, he doesn't answer.
Then he lifts a hand to your hair, brushing it back from your face with a sweetness that makes your chest ache in places you didn't know could feel.
"Yeah," he affirms, "That's okay."
Two words. Simple. Direct. And somehow containing the most profound acceptance you've ever been offered.
"I don't need you to be perfect," he continues, "I don't need you to turn into someone else just to be with me. Honestly, i would hate that.”
His thumb traces your jawline, eyes maintaining their focus on yours steadily. “I just need you to try."
You blink back the tears threatening to compromise your maintained image as someone who doesn't cry over boys or sad movies or particularly moving commercials featuring rescue animals.
"That's the problem," you confess, "I don't know how to try without trying to win or turning everything into something to conquer."
"I know," he says with the certainty of someone stating that water is wet. "You're the most guarded person I've ever met."
You narrow your eyes with mock indignation. "You're terrible at comforting people."
Which… is a lie so transparent it wouldn't fool a toddler. The man clearly possesses emotional intelligence bordering on supernatural — he somehow got you, corporate warrior queen and professional feelings-avoider, to actually visit your family after a year of strategic absence. If that's not evidence of psychological wizardry, nothing is.
He smiles genuinely, "You didn't come all the way here because I'm good at comforting people."
Your lips twitch traitorously, the beginnings of a smile staging a coup. Jungkook leans closer, "You don't have to know how to be with me right now. You just have to stay."
You press your face into the sanctuary of his skin, inhaling his scent. “You're not afraid?" you ask.
"Terrified," he replies without even a millisecond's hesitation. "But I'd rather be afraid with you than safe without you."
The line would sound rehearsed coming from anyone else, but his voice carries this authenticity of someone speaking their unfiltered truth. He looks at you like you're the answer to questions he didn't even know he was asking, like someone who's found their favorite person in a world of seven billion options and is amazed by his good fortune.
You don't respond verbally. You don't need to.
Because your arms remain wrapped around him, your body more honest than your words have ever managed to be. And you haven't let go or run away yet — a physical declaration more powerful than any verbal agreement.
The soft moment only lasts so long, however , because he's a man and therefore incapable of sustaining emotional vulnerability beyond the FDA-recommended dosage, his chest rumbles with that low frequency that signals a subject change is imminent.
"So," he says, "wanna hop in the shower with me?"
The question carries all the subtlety of a neon sign, but you find yourself smiling anyway — partly because it's such a perfectly timed relief for the emotional pressure that's been building, and partly because even this transparent attempt at distraction is infused with affection. His eyes still look at you like you've personally hung the moon and stars, even while proposing something as mundane as shared hygiene.
You blink for a moment. Then lift your head just enough to give him a look that questions both his sanity and possibly basic human biology. “You're joking."
He returns your gaze with an expression balanced perfectly between amusement and innocence. "Why would I be joking?"
"Because it's physically impossible that you still have anything left," you retort ,eyebrows climbing toward your forehead in a silent judgment of his audacity.
He just shrugs, "I hydrate. I stretch. I take care of myself."
You drop your head back onto his chest with a groan that contains multitudes; exhaustion, disbelief, and a reluctant hint of admiration. "Oh my god."
He grins, entirely unbothered by your exasperation, fingers tracing a path down your side. "You're the one who came crawling back to me, remember?"
You lift your head again, fixing him with a glare that would wither lesser men. "Crawling is a strong word."
He arches a single eyebrow. "You showed up at my house with a crumpled contract and a face that said please, take me back my lover."
You have the simultaneous desire to slap him, kiss him senseless, and then perhaps slap him once more for good measure. But you opt for your mouth opening, then closing again, resembling an indignant goldfish as your brain frantically searches for a comeback and finds the cupboard disappointingly bare.
"Yeah," he smirks, "that's what I thought."
You grab the nearest pillow and smack him squarely in the face with it — the universal last resort of those who have lost the argument but refuse to concede defeat.
He laughs as he effortlessly confiscates your improvised weapon and tosses it aside. With fluid coordination, he tugs you back toward him, arms locking around your waist.
"I'm serious," he murmurs,"Shower with me."
His expression might be teasing, but his eyes tell a different story, one where this request is about far more than shared hygiene. They look at you with the softness reserved for someone who still can't quite believe you're actually here, in his bed, in his arms, agreeing to try.
You pull back just enough to examine him properly, the way his smile goes slightly lopsided when genuine, how his eyes crinkle at the corners when they're not performing for a lens. And underneath all of that visible surface-level perfection: relief. Quiet, unmistakable relief that you're actually here, that this isn't another near miss in your shared history of almosts.
You trace a thumb along his jawline, "If I go in there with you, you're not allowed to make a single comment about your 'stamina.'"
He presses a kiss to your wrist. "Fine."
"Or your flexibility."
"Okay."
"Or how good your skin looks wet."
He snorts with amusement. "You do like it though."
You deliver one final shove to his shoulder, the gesture containing all the force of a gentle breeze as he begins to sit up. His arms are already reaching for you again, the blanket abandoning its post as he pulls you back into him. A laugh escapes your throat before you can intercept it, muffled against the skin that's become more familiar to you than anything.
This unexpected development is precisely what you never permitted yourself to envision. What your risk assessments classified as statistically improbable.
But here it is. Materializing in this moment. Occupying this bed with the certainty of something that's always been inevitable.
You look at him again, and he returns your gaze.
Perhaps love isn't orchestrated declarations or cinematic gestures performed with optimal lighting.
Perhaps it's this.
The quietly profound silence that says despite all logical arguments to the contrary, you stayed.
And the next few days unfold with that same magic of moments you weren't supposed to have; soft, unanticipated.
You extend your return flight as if you’re postponing a dentist appointment. Once. Then again and again. Until the concept of departure transforms from definitive plan to vague hypothetical.
Your hotel sends increasingly concerned emails about your room you haven't seen and don’t plan to. Your suitcase maintains its position in the corner of Jungkook's bedroom, untouched and increasingly irrelevant.
Now? You essentially live here.
At least, that's the only conclusion based on available evidence.
Your limbs are entangled with his at all times; on his comfortable couch, in his ridiculously large bed, half-conscious on the floor in front of his massive TV. Your hairbrush has made good friends with his bathroom drawer. There's a bottle of your overpriced moisturizer holding territory on his nightstand. His kitchen now carries the scent of your morning coffee, and he never allows you to prepare it without supervision.
"Let me do it," he insists, "You'll make it too strong."
"You're weak," you counter, "Own it."
But he just shrugs with nonchalance, delivers a kiss to your cheekbone, and activates the kettle anyway.
Daniel, from across the world, hasn't made contact. He doesn't need to. Your discretion levels are currently hovering around zero.
You sent him a single text, a masterpiece of vagueness claiming you're "taken care of." His response consisted of three laughing emojis and a GIF depicting a calendar engulfed in flames. You chose not to follow up on that particular conversation thread.
No other member of the team has demonstrated the courage needed to disturb your unauthorized sabbatical.
For perhaps the first time in your adult life, you experience zero guilt about any of it.
For once, your life isn't structured around the strategy decks at dawn and press releases at midnight. You're eating toast over Jungkook's kitchen sink, while behind you, he performs a lip sync routine using a wooden spoon as his microphone. You're curled up on his couch wearing one of his shirts (which naturally, fits you like a dress), your laptop exiled to the coffee table. His head rests in your lap while he tells you tales from his trainee days that simultaneously explain his discipline and make you wonder how anyone survives the k-pop industry with their sanity intact.
You find yourself watching him smile, the authentic ones that transforms his entire face and makes something in your chest bloom. Somewhere between months ago and this moment, your brain recategorized him, filing him under "person I might actually miss" rather than "professional chaos requiring PR aide."
Each night, you fall asleep in his bed with windows slightly ajar, Seoul's night air drifting in, his arm draped across your waist.
Some days you wake to find him already conscious, just... looking at you, blinking as if he’s conducting reality checks.
"You okay?" you whisper during one such morning surveillance, voice still rough with sleep.
He nods. Smiles that stupid bunny smile that makes you all fuzzy. “Just making sure you're real."
You don't try to respond. Kiss him instead.
You don't know what comes next in this unscripted thing you've stumbled into. Your professional life has always operated according to meticulous planning but there's no PowerPoint template for whatever this is. No key performance indicators to measure the success of accidentally falling for the person you were supposed to keep at a professional distance.
Finally though, when reality does come crashing down, when the email confirmation materializes in your inbox, it feels like some alternate version of yourself made these arrangements. Some corporate doppelgänger who still prioritizes quarterly projections over the way Jungkook's voice sounds when he's half-asleep.
Your return to New York.
A city that once represented the pinnacle of your ambitions, now reduced to a collection of skyscrapers and deadlines.
You stare at the itinerary, thumb hovering over the screen. The return remains theoretical until you forward it to your assistant.
Subject line: returning next week. please keep calendar clear until I land.
What your assistant doesn't know… is that this departure comes with a loophole.
Not so much an ending as a comma in a sentence still being written.
There's another ticket purchased with the stealth of a spy. Under Jungkook's legal name. Scheduled for precisely seventy-two hours after yours — a buffer zone necessary for him to navigate the bureaucracy that runs his existence. A whispered promise that he'll follow once HYBE's legal department, publicity team, and some other people sign off on the logistical nightmare that is "globally famous person attempts to ‘try things’ with c-suite member of said person’s latest marketing campaign.”
There will be tabloid landmines to sidestep. Calendar schedules to master. Seemingly trivial concerns that will eventually mean something, like calculating time differences before sending texts, ensuring you’ve made space for his skincare in your New York apartment, and perfecting the art of arriving at the same location via different entrances.
“Trying to make it work” with an international popstar, it turns out, requires the same level of strategic planning as a corporate merger.
Right now, though, you're standing in the doorway of Jungkook's apartment, performing the world's most reluctant exit. Your suitcase waits by your feet, coat draped over your arm, heart lodged so firmly in your throat. The car service downstairs is undoubtedly charging by the minute while the driver wonders what drama is delaying your descent.
Jungkook’s standing before you, barefoot and hoodie carelessly thrown on, eyes carrying sleepiness. Beneath that morning haze, he's unmistakably present. Awake in the way that silently pleads don't leave without saying what we both know is true.
You haven't told him yet. The words you've been rehearsing in your head.
The truth you've been aware of for days while pretending otherwise.
His voicemail still plays on repeat, the one you finally had the courage to hear on that Manhattan rooftop, glass abandoned as his voice crackled through your phone speaker.
"I think I'm in love with you."
He never demanded reciprocation. Never presented it as a transaction. And now you're stuck thinking about your mother's favorite lecture, delivered with the exasperation reserved for a child too smart for her own good. "Don't lie if you can't carry it."
As your fingers make contact with the cold metal of the door handle, you pause. Turn to him.
Your eyes connect with Jungkook’s — they’re always wide with anticipation, patiently waiting, hopeful in that quiet, unassuming way he hopes for things. Your mouth opens, words still stubbornly refusing to leave.
Finally, with the triumphant relief of someone who's been holding their breath underwater, you manage to speak.
"I.. I-I think I'm starting to fall in love with you too."
He blinks at you. Like perhaps his sleep-deprived brain has misinterpreted that. Like maybe this is some elaborate dream his subconscious has constructed to torture him.
But then there’s that slow, sunrise smile that spreads across his entire face. That small, stunned shake of his head. His eyes soften, and he steps forward, reaching for your hand like it's the only anchor in a storm.
He presses his lips to your knuckles — a gentleman's compromise, the only part of you he apparently trusts himself to touch without dragging you back to bed.
"I'll see you in New York," he mutters.
In some way, those words say exactly what you know they mean. You nod, swallowing past the lump in your throat, forming a smile that doesn't look like you're about to cry.
The distance between Seoul and New York has never seemed so vast and so insignificant.
And when you walk out the door, heart thundering, you slide into the backseat of the car. Not any less yourself, not someone’s girlfriend, but with the promise of something new. Hands are still buzzing, gaze lingering on the city you used to avoid calling home.
As the driver pulls away from the curb, you feel your phone buzz once in your lap.
Eomma.
You blink at your phone.
Without hesitation, without fear, without guilt, you answer the call.
“Hi, Eomma,” you say, smiling softly. “I’ve missed you! Sorry I didn’t call since last week, I was crazy busy. But I do have a story for you.”
Everything in your chest feels entirely new.
Because at this point in time, you’re not running from something.
You’re walking toward it.
。・:*:・゚★,。・:*:・゚☆
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kuroo has tried to confess to you twice.
the first was a mistake, a spur of the moment confession as you cried over the boy you just broke up with. the guy was an ass, he didn’t treat you right. he made you commute hours to go see him, he didn’t show up to any of your big events. he didn’t even plan any dates or ask you to hang out. kuroo confessed mid-breakdown, just days after your breakup, as he handed you a cup of coffee (your regular order, nonetheless) and tried to haul you out of your three day hibernation.
he didn’t talk to you for weeks after that, he kicks himself for it to this day.
the second confession went wrong. jealously festered in him after hearing about the date you went on as you worried about getting ghosted. you sat on the phone with him pacing back and forth in your bedroom, checking your texts over and over. and kuroo couldn’t help the way his blood boiled as you continued on and on about your date and how he paid for your meal and how he drove you home and…
“there’s someone i’m thinking of asking out,” he told you.
“you should go for it!” you obliviously replied in the mess of your anxiousness.
“it’s you.”
you froze in your tracks, as the rambles of getting ghosted turned into apologies about how you weren’t ready for a relationship and explanations he already knew, given how much you two spoke. kuroo should’ve given up, he should’ve moved on with his life and accepted that you two were friends and never anything more. he probably should’ve given you some distance, allowed himself the space to get on with his life, and hopefully find someone better.
but he’s stubborn, and frankly, he thinks he’s not going to find anyone as perfect for him as you.
so now he sits on the floor of your bedroom, an air mattress set up next to him as you shower in the bathroom. the onigiri wrappers still sat on the floor, your reward for just barely making it to the convenience store before closing. he hears your laughter in his ears, and a part of him can’t help but smile, his heart sinking slightly.
and he begins to wonder, what is he truly doing here?
a cloud of steam emerges from the bathroom.
“tetsu what time is it?” you mumble as you hang up the wet towel.
tetsu, the stupid nickname you’ve called him since you first met. It’s yours and yours alone, yet he knows you’ll never be his.
your voice sends a jolt down his spine, “somewhere close to 2:30,” he answers.
you sit next to him, resting your head on his shoulder. “are you sleepy yet?” you mumble with a sigh.
kuroo’s heart leaps, too scared to actually take a look at you. your wet hair seeps through his shirt, but he truly doesn’t have it in him to care. “a bit, yeah,” he lies, wrapping his arms around you, something that’s become a matter of instinct in your time of friendship.
you lean in closer, eyes shut and a sigh leaves your lips. “we should sleep then, yeah?’
we. the collective we, as if you two were grouped under two letters, as if you two were together.
what was kenma calling it? a situationship?
god, kuroo hated that word. it’s not even a real word.
“we should,” he tells you, before shuffling slightly. “now are you gonna sleep here or are you actually going to get in bed?”
“in a second,” you mumble, rubbing your eyes. “you’re comfy.”
he laughs, “should i take that as a compliment?”
“knowing you, i thought you would.”
“then thank you,” he nods. “glad to be a pillow for you.”
you straighten up, before standing and padding to your bed. “you’re more than just that, you know?”
he quirks a brow, a smirk on his face despite the slight waiver of his voice. “oh really? what am i then?”
“an amazing friend,” you start as you shuffle into bed. “the person who accompanies me on my late night convenience store runs, the person who brags about their grades being significantly better than mine.”
“i don’t say it like that.”
“you totally do, don’t deny it.”
and he scoffs, shaking his head as his lips curve upward.
“you’re the person who was there for me when it felt like no one was, the person who’s willing to help me with anything i need. i feel so safe with you and know i can trust you, and yes, you do make a good pillow.” you sigh and kuroo meets your gaze, the way your eyes shine making his heart sink slightly. “thank you for being here.”
and his heart sinks more, “anything for you.”
you smile at him, “i’m gonna head to bed then, wake me up if you need anything. good-”
“hey can i ask you something?”
you hesitate, “yeah what is it?”
“what am i doing here?”
you blink, “what do you mean?”
“while you were in the shower, i was just thinking, i’m in the room of the person i like, and they know that i like them,” he explains. “they know i like them, yet they continue to be so nice to me and keep me in their lives even though we both know it could possibly be better if i did otherwise.” he meets your gaze, searching in your features for a semblance of an answer. “so really, why am i here?”
you shake your head, before your back hits your bed. “you’re gonna make me say it?” you mumble.
and his stomach drops. “yes, i am,” his voice becoming stern.
“it’s because,” you hesitate, hands covering your eyes. kuroo’s heartbeat thrums in his ears, careful eyes watching you frozen in bed. the air remains quiet, and all kuroo can find himself doing is watch, his third confession lingering in the tense air. maybe this one might be the last one, maybe once he hears you turn him down again, he’ll finally give up for good. they always say third time’s the charm, maybe this one will finally get your message into his brain. a sigh leaves your lips, and kuroo swears his body tenses.
“it’s because i like you.”
and kuroo blinks, “you do?”
you immediately sit up. “what do you mean i do? of course i like you.” and he just stares at you. “i never ask you to sleep over,” you explain. “i told myself that if i didn’t tell you how i felt by the end of today, i was going to drop it and never bring it up again. i told myself i would move on and never act on my feelings.” you finally meet his gaze, eyes widening when you see his jaw slack. “what,” you question, voice getting higher. “did i say something wrong?”
“i thought you were going to reject me,” he mumbles rather candidly.
“i could never,” you tell him. “i didn’t even really reject you the second time you confessed. i just said i wasn’t ready for a relationship, not that i didn’t have feelings for you.”
he blinks, “oh.”
“i thought you picked that up,” you sigh.
he runs a hand through his hair, mentally face palming, “honestly, all i remember is that you didn’t stop talking for ten minutes straight.” you sigh, “i mean, seriously, who yaps for that long?”
“someone who doesn’t know how to say yes but also say no,” you mumble.
“you could've said maybe,” he tries. “i could’ve gotten more of a hint then.”
and you can’t help but giggle, sliding off your place in bed to join him back on the floor. you meet his gaze, his eyes still full of disbelief, “tetsu, i like you.”
kuroo swears he’s dreaming for a second.
he blinks, his answer rather instant. “i like you too.”
you reach for his hand, squeezing it. “so, it’ll stick in your head,” you joke poking his head with your other hand before getting back up.
he keeps a tight grip on your hand, pulling you back to the ground. “tetsu?” his hand rests gently on your cheek as he leans forward, adrenaline coursing through him as his lips meet yours. his heart pounds, his thoughts running at a million miles a minute.
but everything seems to slow when you kiss him back, your hands reaching for his cheeks. and for the first time that night, kuroo feels his heartbeat slow.
he pulls away with a small grin. “so it’ll stick now in yours,” he mumbles.
you hesitate for a second, “you know what? i don’t think it’s sticking,” there’s a slight lilt to your voice.
“you don’t?” he questions.
“i don’t,” you nod rather proudly.
kuroo can’t help but shake his head, his grin growing wider by the second. “there’s no harm in trying again.” and this time, you’re the one to pull him in. your hand rests on the back of his neck and you can feel him smile.
third time’s the charm, they always say. luckily, this time, it worked in his favor.
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Warmth between us: Stray Kids' reactions to their S/O having warm hands
cold hands equivalent
request: Hii! (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) I wanted to request skz reaction when their s/o’s hands are always warm! ( ˃̵ᴗ˂̵) ♡ Thank you!
Bang Chan
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The apartment was quieter than usual.
The soft hum of the laptop fan and the occasional click of keys were the only sounds breaking through the silence. Chris sat at his desk, back slightly hunched, his jaw set just a little tighter than normal.
You watched him from the doorway, biting your lip. The fight earlier had been stupid – something small blown out of proportion. Miscommunication. A bad day. Raised voices and hurt expressions. Now there was a heavy space between you, one neither of you quite knew how to cross.
You padded over softly, your heart hammering a little too loud in your chest. As you approached, you hesitated just behind him, watching the tension still lingering in his shoulders. He didn’t look up, didn’t stop typing. You knew he knew you were there.
Cautiously, you reached out and placed your hand gently on his shoulder. That familiar warmth – your warmth – spread through his shirt and into his skin.
His fingers slowed.
He let out a breath through his nose, something between a sigh and a surrender. You felt his muscles shift slightly beneath your touch, loosening. He didn’t shrug you off. If anything, he leaned into the touch just a little.
Then, quietly, he mumbled, “Your hand’s warm.”
It wasn’t said with annoyance or sarcasm. It was softer. Because you always run warm, and he always noticed. And when you touched him, especially like this, it was your way of saying I’m sorry, I’m here, I love you – all in one.
Lee Know
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The campfire crackled softly in front of you, flickering against the deep navy sky. Stars scattered overhead like glitter, and your breath fogged the crisp night air. You were tucked into your hoodie, legs curled up by the fire, while Lee Know rummaged through the cabin for something.
“It’s freezing out here. You’re still gonna wear gloves.”
You scoffed. “Why would I wear gloves if my hands are already warm?”
He looked at you like you just asked if fire was wet. “Because you keep them warm. I don’t care if you’re a human heater – your fingers are gonna go numb eventually.”
You opened your mouth to protest, but he was already digging through your bag. A second later, he pulled out a pair of gloves and shoved them at you with all the gentle aggression of someone who was deeply concerned but also incredibly stubborn.
“Here. Put them on. No arguments.”
You stared at the gloves, then back at him. “You’re kind of dramatic, you know that?”
“Dramatic?” He raised a brow. “I'm being responsible. You think I’m gonna let you freeze just because you're usually warm?”
You laughed again, softer this time, touched despite yourself. “Fine. For the sake of your peace of mind.”
As you slipped the gloves on, Lee Know gave a triumphant little nod, then scooted closer and brought his arm behind your chair. “Good. Now we can enjoy the fire without me worrying about you catching a cold.”
You smirked. “So this is about your comfort?”
“Obviously.”
Changbin
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The studio was dimly lit, filled with the soft hum of equipment and the quiet tapping of keys as music played low in the background. You were curled up on a couch in the corner, sipping a warm drink and your boyfriend was deep in the recording booth.
"Y/N, can you pass me that pen?" Hyunjin asked, his voice pulling you out of your thoughts.
You looked over, spotting the pen just beside you on the coffee table. You picked it up and stood to walk it over. As you handed it to Hyunjin, your fingers brushed his – just a quick, unintentional touch – but enough to make him blink and pause.
"Whoa," he said, looking up at you with raised eyebrows. "Your hands are really warm."
You laughed softly. "Yeah, they tend to be like that."
Just then, Changbin stepped out of the booth, tugging off his headphones. He caught the tail end of the exchange, his gaze narrowing playfully as he walked over.
"Hey, hey," he said, sliding an arm around you. "That’s my handwarmer."
Hyunjin snorted, leaning back with an exaggerated shrug. "Relax. I was just admiring the natural phenomenon that is Y/N’s temperature regulation."
You rolled your eyes, but couldn’t help the smile tugging at your lips as Changbin pulled you a little closer and pressed a quick kiss to your temple. “No admiring. I’ve got exclusive rights.”
Hyunjin made a dramatic gagging sound. "You two are so gross when you're cute. I'm leaving."
Hyunjin
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As Hyunjin and you were strolling hand in hand, he suddenly stopped mid-step, causing you to almost bump into him.
“Yah,” you said with a playful pout, “why'd you do that?”
Hyunjin turned to you with the most tragic expression you’d seen that week. His eyebrows furrowed like a sad puppy, his lips pushed into a pout and he clutched your hand like it had just betrayed him.
“I just realized something truly heartbreaking,” he said, voice low and theatrical.
You blinked. “…Okay?”
“I can’t do that cool, protective boyfriend thing where I warm your hands in mine!” he exclaimed, eyes wide with faux devastation. “That’s, like, standard boyfriend behavior! It’s in all the K-dramas!”
You burst out laughing as he squeezed your warm fingers and dramatically sighed.
“I always imagined pulling you into my coat, saying something cheesy like, ‘Your hands are freezing,’ and then being all suave, warming them up like a knight in a padded North Face jacket,” he said with a sniff. “But you… you ruined it.”
“I ruined it?” you laughed. “I’m just warm-blooded!”
“Exactly!” he cried. “Where’s the drama? The romance? The scene where I hold your icy fingers in mine and say, ‘Don’t worry, jagiya, I got you’? Huh?”
“You could just pretend my hands are cold.”
Hyunjin looked at you, utterly scandalized. “Pretend?!” he gasped. “You want me to lie to myself? To the universe?!”
You rolled your eyes, still grinning. “Okay, Mr. Method Actor. You wanna hold my hand or not?”
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"Uggghhhh," came Han’s voice, stretched out like a cat waking up from a nap. “I swear my shoulders are dying. I'm going to have to retire from dancing and become a full-time noodle.”
You glanced over your shoulder, smirking as you watched him flop onto the couch beside you like his soul had left his body. “A noodle?”
“A soggy one,” he added, flopping even further, his head now in your lap. “Just... massage me before I melt into this couch forever.”
You laughed, setting your phone down. “Again? Didn’t I just give you one last night?”
“Exactly, and it was amazing,” he said. “You have magical hands. I don’t know how they’re always so warm, but it’s literally the best thing ever.”
“They’re just naturally warm. It’s a blessing and a curse.”
Han wriggled closer, turning his back to you. “More like a gift. Like – Specializing in stressed-out idols with overworked backs.”
You raised a brow, fingers already gently working into the tension in his shoulders. “You sound like a commercial.”
“I feel like one. This is heaven.” He let out a blissful sigh, his voice muffled against your leg. “Seriously, you should charge for this. Or at least take payment in ramen and eternal gratitude.”
“Oh, I already get paid,” you said, leaning in with a smirk.
Han cracked one eye open. “Yeah?”
“Yeah. Your dramatic whining? Priceless.”
He burst into laughter, wincing a little as your fingers hit a knot. “Okay, ow—rude. But valid.”
Felix
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You were curled up on the couch beside Felix when he reached out to take your hand, fingers slipping between yours.
The moment his fingers curled around yours, his brows knit together slightly at the unexpected warmth of your skin.
Without a word, he let go and leaned in, gently tucking a strand of hair behind your ear as his other hand came to rest lightly on your forehead.
Your breath caught in your throat.
“What are you doing?” you whispered, your voice barely audible as heat crept into your cheeks and your heart stuttered in your chest.
“Checking if you have a fever,” he said, completely serious, brows still furrowed with concern.
You felt your face flush even hotter under his touch. “Felix, I swear I’m not sick,” you said, letting out a nervous laugh. “My hands—They’re just always warm.”
“Mm, you sure?” he murmured, his voice low and playful. “You’re blushing a lot too…”
Your cheeks burned. “That’s because you’re touching my face!”
Felix broke into a soft laugh, that deep, contagious kind of laugh that always made your heart flutter. His fingers lingered for a moment longer, tracing gently from your cheek to your jaw before falling away.
“Alright, alright,” he said, backing off with a grin. “No fever. Just dangerously cute.”
Seungmin
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Your relationship was new – still in that sweet, slightly awkward stage where every glance and gesture felt electric, full of possibility. It was only your third official date, but somehow, Seungmin already had this quiet way of making you feel known, like he'd been reading you all along.
He slid into the seat across from you, brushing his hand over the table as he reached for his drink. His fingers accidentally grazed yours – and paused.
“Whoa,” he said softly. “Your hand is… really warm.”
You froze, caught somewhere between surprise and embarrassment. “Oh—uh, yeah. It’s always like that. I’m like a built-in space heater, I guess.”
Seungmin blinked, then slowly smiled. “That’s kind of amazing.”
He let his hand linger just a bit longer, fingers brushing the back of yours. “Do you mind?” he asked quietly, voice playful but tinged with that same softness you were still getting used to.
You shook your head. “No. Not at all.”
So he kept his hand there – not quite holding yours, but close enough that your pinkies touched.
“Is it normal?” he asked, tilting his head. “I mean—are your hands always this warm? Like… all the time?”
You gave a small laugh, shrugging. “Pretty much. Even in winter. It’s weird, right?”
Seungmin shook his head, still watching you like he was trying to figure out a puzzle. “No, I don’t think it’s weird. maybe… kind of comforting? And that's cool. Or—well, not cool. You know what I mean.”
I.N
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The summer heat clung to the air in Busan like an extra layer of clothing, but you and I.N didn’t seem to mind. The two of you strolled along the boardwalk, shoes scuffing against the ground, the ocean glittering nearby.
I.N had insisted on getting ice cream from his favorite childhood shop and now you were both lazily licking at your cones, trying to beat the sun before it turned your treats into puddles.
"Ah, no!" you cried, tilting your wrist awkwardly as your ice cream sagged dangerously to one side.
I.N snorted around a mouthful of his own cone. "You're losing the battle, Y/N."
"I have warm hands!" you protested, trying to catch the dripping trails with your tongue and utterly failing. "It's not my fault!"
I.N shook his head with an exaggerated, long-suffering sigh.
You grinned mischievously, wiping a smear of ice cream off your wrist. "Well," you said, flashing a wink, "guess I'm just too hot."
I.N choked on his bite of ice cream, laughing so hard he almost dropped his own cone. "That was terrible," he said between wheezes, but his eyes were shining, crinkling at the corners in that way you loved.
"Terrible but true," you said proudly, bumping your shoulder against his.
He just grinned, offering you a bite of his before yours collapsed completely.
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skzophreniic · 2 days ago
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⍣ ೋ cw: explicit sexual content., semi-public sex, dom!changbin, spanking, gagging (panties), rough sex, degradation, manhandling, dirty talk, creampie, overstimulation, valet kink (??)
⍣ ೋ notes: shoutout to that one ask i got asking when i was gonna write for han and changbin and they ended up being the next two
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🧾 FORMAL INVESTIGATION REPORT
Filed by: Concierge Aeryn Subject: Mustang Inspection Staff Member Under Review: Changbin Seo Guest Involved: Room 101
You weren’t expecting to be summoned like a misbehaving schoolgirl.
The envelope was slipped under your suite door sometime mid-afternoon—gold-trimmed, obnoxiously elegant, as if a wax seal would’ve been too gauche. The message inside was short:
To our valued guest, Concierge Aeryn requests a private audience regarding your submitted complaint. Please meet in the Executive Lounge on Level 3 at your earliest convenience.
Right. Because when you file a totally reasonable complaint about a gremlin in a sleeveless shirt launching himself across your Mustang like he’s in The Fast and the Furious: Valet Drift, you clearly need to be summoned.
You’re already bracing for nonsense by the time you step into the lounge.
But even you didn’t expect this level of bullshit.
Because there he is—Changbin, the human embodiment of “I bet I could fix it with a wrench and three flexes”—sprawled in a leather armchair like he owns the place. One leg thrown over the other, glass of whiskey in hand, smug little smirk already in place like it was professionally installed.
“Of course you’re here,” you mutter.
He raises his glass in a lazy salute. “Wouldn’t miss it. I love a formal meeting. Really brings out my diplomatic side.”
Before you can strangle him with the decorative throw pillow, Concierge Aeryn stands.
She’s terrifyingly elegant—adorable pink blazer and skirt but sharp dark eyes, clipboard in hand, expression politely unreadable.
“Thank you for joining us,” she says smoothly. “This is a voluntary resolution session in response to your recent concern about one of our valet attendants. For transparency, the staff member has been informed and is present for discussion.”
You blink. “Discussion? I didn’t ask for a conversation. I asked for a reprimand. Or a refund. Or a ceremonial beheading. I’m flexible.”
Changbin coughs into his drink.
Aeryn doesn’t flinch. “We believe some conflicts are best resolved through direct communication.”
“Through… conversation,” you echo flatly. “About how this man violated my Mustang’s personal space and then revved the engine like he was about to take it to prom.”
Changbin shrugs, all fake innocence. “You left the keys in it. I assumed she was into me.”
“Oh, I bet you say that to all the girls with 5.0L V8s and ceramic coatings.”
His eyes glitter. “Only the ones with leather interiors.”
You cross your arms, leaning back in your chair just enough to seem unimpressed. “I don’t even know why you’re here. Is this what the hotel does? Hosts dramatic little interventions instead of just, I don’t know, issuing formal warnings like a normal HR department?”
“Oh, sweetheart,” Changbin drawls, “you’re looking at HR.”
You blink.
He grins wider and gestures vaguely at his upper lip, where the faint remnants of adhesive still cling.
“You were the guy in the fake mustache earlier?” you say, absolutely not meaning to sound that incredulous or amused.
“Technically still am.” He pulls a tiny plastic mustache from his back pocket like it’s evidence in a murder trial. “I moonlight as ‘Brian from Human Resources.’ He’s got three kids, a mortgage, and a deep passion for employee accountability.”
You stare at him. He gives you a solemn nod, like this is completely normal. Like he’s not sitting here with the fakest mustache known to mankind and a whiskey glass he definitely wasn’t authorized to have.
Aeryn makes a note on her clipboard. Possibly “burn everything.”
“I want Brian to be fired,” you announce, deadpan.
“Brian’s unionized,” Changbin says gravely. “You’ll have to go through corporate.”
“They’ll definitely hear about this,” you shoot back.
“Shit,” he says, and sips his drink like this is suddenly a high-stakes legal drama and not the most unprofessional mediation session in hotel history.
Aeryn looks up with the calm of a woman mentally browsing job listings. “If we’re finished with theatrics, perhaps we can proceed to the next steps. Our records show the Mustang was returned in excellent condition. However, as a courtesy to you, we’re offering a full inspection—car wash included—free of charge.”
You blink. “Wait. That’s it?”
“That, and a voucher for one complimentary spa treatment,” Aeryn adds. “Redeemable at any time during your stay. Though I suggest sooner rather than later. For stress relief.”
Changbin perks up. “We could do a couples massage.”
You don’t even dignify that with a response. You just turn to Aeryn.
“Is he going to be the one inspecting the car?”
“Only if you consent,” she says, already expecting the answer.
“I don’t.”
Changbin leans forward, resting his elbows on his knees, voice dropping just a notch. “I’m very… thorough. When I inspect things. Very… hands-on.”
Your stomach does something wildly inconvenient. You chalk it up to caffeine withdrawal and the fact that he’s objectively hot in that smug bastard who probably has his own protein line kind of way.
“Tell me,” you say slowly, “do you flirt with every guest whose car you manhandle, or was I just lucky?”
“You were lucky,” he says without missing a beat. “That car was sexy, but you—”
“Stop.”
“—you made her look tame.”
You blink slowly. “Are you actively trying to get fired?”
“Depends. If it gets me alone with you in a parking garage… maybe.”
Aeryn closes her folder with a snap. “This concludes the resolution session. Miss, if you’d like to supervise the vehicle inspection, please meet Mr. Seo in the parking garage in thirty minutes. If not, he’ll be supervised by a senior valet.”
You nod stiffly and rise. “Fine.”
Changbin’s already on his feet, stretching in that obnoxious, broad-shouldered way like he’s warming up for something more intense than a paint check. He winks at you as you turn to go.
“Don’t worry,” he calls after you. “I’ll be gentle with her this time.”
You don’t turn around, but your voice drifts back cool and clipped: “Can’t say the same for me.”
And just like that, you leave them both stunned—Aeryn in amused disbelief and Changbin with his jaw halfway to the marble floor, clearly unprepared for a guest who plays the game better than he does.
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The parking garage is dim and humming—low lights buzzing overhead, the distant sound of tires squealing somewhere in the bowels of the building. It smells like concrete, polish, and testosterone. Probably imported.
You’re not sure what you expected when you agreed to this little charade of an “inspection,” but it wasn’t a fully detailed, sparkling version of your Mustang parked dead center in the valet bay like it’s on display at a car show.
And definitely not Changbin leaning against the hood like he’s auditioning for a gritty magazine spread titled Torque and Temptation.
He’s swapped the sleeveless shirt for a black fitted polo that’s somehow worse. Tighter. Smugger. The sleeves cling to his biceps in a way that should be illegal in most countries.
“I figured she deserved a little TLC,” he says, pushing off the hood with that maddeningly lazy swagger. “Did the wash myself. Waxed her, too.”
Your gaze darts to the faint water trails drying along the edge of the fender. You narrow your eyes.
“She doesn’t need waxing,” you deadpan.
He smirks. “Thought she liked it smooth.”
You don’t blink. “You’re impossible.”
“Not impossible,” he murmurs, stepping closer. “Just inconveniently available.”
You square your shoulders. “You’re here to inspect for damage, not flirt like a used car salesman.”
He grins like he is the six-pack. “Multitasking is a skill, sweetheart.”
God, he’s infuriating.
But then he crouches beside the front wheel, fingers gliding along the curve of the rim with surprising delicacy. The shift from cocky to focused is disorienting.
He looks up at you from beneath his lashes, voice lower now. “You see this?” He taps lightly against the edge. “No scratches. No dents. And trust me, I’d notice. I’ve got… very sensitive hands.”
You fold your arms, because the way he’s crouched—thick thighs straining, lips just parted, that teasing glint never quite gone—is more than a little distracting.
“I’m sure you do,” you say tightly.
He stands again, slow and deliberate, brushing his palms off on the seat of his pants. “Want to see how good they are?”
You blink. “What, are you offering a back massage now?”
He grins wickedly. “Only if you’re parked face-down.”
You choke on your own inhale.
He steps closer, close enough that you have to tilt your chin to meet his gaze. “You don’t scare easy, do you?”
“I drive a Mustang,” you say coolly. “I scare other people.”
He whistles low. “So that’s what this is. You’re trying to out-alpha the valet.”
“No,” you say, stepping into his space. “I’m trying to keep the valet from jizzing on my engine block.”
That actually stuns him for a second. His jaw drops. Then—laughter, full-bodied and infuriatingly attractive.
“Goddamn,” he mutters.
And then he’s moving—no more teasing, no more playful quips—just pure, deliberate intention. He crowds you against the car with all the subtlety of a freight train, body heat pouring off him like a goddamn furnace. One hand plants beside your head on the roof, the other slides around your waist, dragging you flush to him.
“You think I won’t?” he murmurs, lips brushing your ear. “Think I won’t bend you over this car right now and fuck you like I’m marking territory?”
Your breath stutters. You don’t answer. Can’t.
That’s when he glances up, eyes flicking to the discreet little security camera nestled in the corner of the ceiling. Red light blinking. Recording.
You expect him to flinch. Maybe ease off. Instead, he smirks. Reaches into his back pocket. Pulls out a microfiber towel—the same one he probably used to lovingly polish your hood—and with one casual flick, he tosses it over the camera lens.
No words. No hesitation. Just the silent, arrogant kind of dominance that says: watch time is over. Now it’s for me.
Your heart lurches. Your thighs clench.
And then he moves.
No smirk, no warning. Just heat and mass and intent, crowding you back against your own car like he’s staking a claim. One thick thigh forces between yours. His palm finds your waist and drags you into his chest, hard enough to make your breath hitch. His hand slams beside your head on the roof, and suddenly you’re caged—nothing but steel and heat and him.
“You think I won’t?” His breath ghosts over your ear, deep and dangerous. “Think I won’t bend you over this fucking Mustang and ruin you?”
And you should say something. Should push back, throw that cocky tone right back at him like you always do. But your brain short-circuits the second his thigh flexes between yours, pressing up just right, like he already knows how to cut you off at the source.
“You’re full of shit,” you mutter, breathless, but it’s weak. A pathetic swing when you’re already spiraling.
Changbin huffs a laugh against your skin, and it’s so smug. You feel it in your bones. “Yeah? Keep running your mouth, baby. See how fast I shut it.”
Then he’s spinning you—just grabbing you and turning you like it’s nothing. Your chest hits the hood of your car with a dull thunk, the cool metal shocking against your flushed skin. You’re spread out like a meal, and he doesn’t even pause to admire. Just acts.
His hand plants between your shoulder blades, pinning you. His other hand shoves your skirt up without ceremony. You hear him groan behind you—raw and low—when your lace panties are revealed, the dark patch of wetness front and center.
“Oh, fuck me,” he mutters, hand sliding down to cup between your thighs. His fingers press right into the soaked fabric, rubbing a slow, dirty circle over your clit. “This from just me talking, baby?”
You bite back a moan, but your hips roll into his touch, helpless and aching.
He tsks. “You’re filthy. Fucking soaking. You want me to wreck you out here, huh?”
“Like you’d know what to do with it,” you snap, still clinging to whatever dignity you’ve got left.
The air shifts.
You feel the tension coil in him before he moves, and then he grabs your panties—fistful at your hip—and rips them down in one rough pull. They get caught at your knees, tangled in your thighs, and before you can protest, he snatches them up and shoves them into your mouth.
“You don’t get to talk anymore,” he growls, voice like gravel as he looms over you. “You get to take it.”
And you whimper. Because god, yes. That mouth of his, the size of him behind you, the weight of his cock already pressing to your soaked folds—it’s too much.
His cock drags over your entrance, heavy and hot, and so thick you twitch just from the feel of it against your slit. He’s not even in yet, just teasing, sliding the head through your slick—smearing it, soaking himself in the mess between your thighs like he’s painting you in it.
And fuck, he loves how wet you are. You can hear it in the way he grunts—like the sound alone punches the air from his lungs.
“Shit,” he breathes, almost reverent. “You’re dripping for it. Didn’t even get my cock inside and you’re already desperate.”
He grips your hips tighter, thumbs digging into your skin, spreading you open with no finesse—just a filthy kind of urgency like he needs to see you split for him. Like he’s starved for it.
“You ready for this, baby?” he mutters, voice rough as gravel. “Gonna fuck you so stupid, you forget your own name.”
And then he pushes in.
The stretch is immediate. Relentless. You cry out into the panties stuffed in your mouth, back arching as your cunt fights to take the girth of him. He’s thick—not overly long, but the kind of cock that makes you feel full right from the start. That kind of stretch that burns and thrills and tears your breath from your lungs all at once.
“Fuck—fuck,” he hisses through clenched teeth, hips trembling as he sinks in slow. “You’re tight. Holy shit, baby, you’re gonna make me cum before I even start.”
You clench, and he whines.
It’s broken and breathy—boyish and wrecked. The sound of someone already spiraling, trying to hold back and failing miserably.
His fingers dig harder into your hips like he’s anchoring himself to reality, like if he doesn't hold on right now, he’s going to lose it completely. He’s inside—barely—but it already feels like too much. Too hot. Too tight. Too fucking good.
“You’re squeezing me like a fist,” he gasps, forehead dropping to your shoulder for a second, sweat slicking his skin. “You want me to blow already, huh? Want me to cum like a fuckin’ virgin just from putting it in?”
He groans as he pulls back, just a few inches, then slams back in.
You choke on the scream behind your gag, tears pricking the corners of your eyes from the force of it. Your body jerks forward from the impact, tits dragging over the hood of your car, and the friction only makes it worse—better. You don’t even know the difference anymore.
“Yeah,” he pants, breath stuttering against your neck, “that’s it. Take it. Take all of it, fuck—look at this little cunt stretching so fuckin’ wide for me.”
He sets a rhythm that’s brutal and hungry—driving into you like he’s got something to prove. Like he needs to make you feel every last inch of him. The slap of skin on skin echoes around the garage, mixing with his ragged breathing, the squelch of your soaked pussy, and your muffled moans.
“Fuckin’ made for me,” he groans. “Like this pussy was built to take my cock. You feel that, baby? Feel how good you’re takin’ it?”
You nod helplessly, drool starting to leak around the edges of the panties stuffed in your mouth. It’s messy, degrading, and you don’t care—don’t want to care. Not when he’s fucking you like this.
“You’d let me do anything, wouldn’t you?” he growls, thrusts getting harder, deeper. “Say the word and I’ll flip you over and fuck you through the windshield. Make you sit on my cock while I drive you home, legs spread, dripping all over my seat.”
You whine, hips jerking back into his, and he laughs—low, breathless, filthy.
“God, you’re such a fuckin’ mess. Look at you. Cryin’, droolin’, gagged on your own panties, and still grinding back on me like you want more.”
He grabs a fistful of your hair, yanks your head back, makes your back arch like a bow.
“Still got attitude left in you, huh?” he taunts, voice right in your ear. “Still think I don’t know what to do with it?”
Then he pulls all the way out—slow, deliberate, dragging the full thickness of him against your raw walls—and slaps the head of his cock against your clit. Once. Twice. You jolt with each hit, body twitching like it’s trying to run from the pleasure and the pain and the fucking overstimulation.
But there’s nowhere to go.
Because he won’t let you.
One hand fists in your hair, the other pins your hips down, and he’s not gentle. He doesn’t want you squirming. He wants you still, wants your legs open and your cunt dripping and your body exactly where he put it—used and needy and begging for more.
“Look at you,” he grits out. “So fuckin’ pretty like this. All wrecked and spread out for me.”
Then he does it again—slaps your clit with the flushed head of his cock, and this time your whole body jerks, a strangled moan escaping around the gag. You’re already trembling, nerve endings fried, and he’s not even back inside you yet.
He hums like he’s delighted by it, like he’s admiring the effect. “That sensitive already? Poor baby.”
He slides back in with one smooth, slow thrust, and the way your body clenches around him—wet, twitchy, desperate—pulls a broken fuck from deep in his chest.
He doesn’t move right away. Just stays there, buried to the hilt, grinding his hips slow and filthy, like he’s making you feel every single inch, like he’s daring you to fall apart on him again.
“I could do this all night,” he breathes, nose dragging up your spine. “Just stay right here, keep you full, keep you dumb. Ruin you over and over until you can’t think of anything but my cock.”
Your body throbs around him, a pulse of heat so intense it makes you whimper, makes your knees buckle under the weight of it. His arm snakes around your waist, hauling you up just enough to keep you upright, to keep fucking you through it.
“You gonna cum again for me?” he murmurs, mouth at your jaw, breath hot and mean. “Gonna soak my cock like a good little toy?”
And you do—can’t not. Your whole body seizes, spasming around him in a sudden, violent wave of pleasure that makes you scream around your gag, makes you claw at the hood of the car, makes your vision go white.
He groans—low, choked, nearly broken—and the sound of you falling apart seems to shatter whatever restraint he had left.
“That’s it. That’s fucking it.”
He slams into you again, faster now, harder, a man possessed. His thrusts are erratic, savage, and he’s panting curses against your neck.
“So fuckin’ tight,” he growls. “Gonna fill this little cunt so full, it leaks all the way down your thighs. Gonna mark you—ruin you—until everyone who looks at you knows who you belong to.”
He thrusts in deep—so deep it knocks the air from your lungs—and stays there, hips twitching as he cums with a guttural moan, body trembling against yours. You feel it—hot and thick—spilling inside you in pulsing waves, flooding you, claiming you.
Neither of you move for a long moment.
Just the sounds of panting, sweat-dripping silence. Your thighs shaking. His breath against your back. The weight of him still buried inside.
Then—finally—he pulls out with a filthy, slick drag, and you whimper, overstimulated and ruined. Cum leaks out of you immediately, sliding down your thighs in warm rivulets.
He leans in, lips brushing your ear, voice smug and low.
“Still think I don’t know what to do with it?”
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[TRANSCRIPT – INTERNAL SECURITY SYSTEM, 21:03]
Jisung is in the control room. It’s quiet. Late. He’s alone, legs kicked up on the console, one hand in a snack bag, the other toggling through camera feeds with minimal enthusiasm.
Han (deadpan): “Another thrilling night at the SKZotel. Let’s see which part of the building needs Jesus today.”
Camera 19 loads: P3 Valet Bay. Changbin is visible, leaning against a black Mustang. He’s not in uniform. Technically not even supposed to be down there.
Han (frowning): “…Why is he always shirtless-adjacent? Who approved that fit?”
He watches. Changbin steps closer to a guest. Close-close. Hand on the roof. Whispering something. The guest presses back against the car.
Han (snorting): “He’s about to fuck that guest or buff the car again, and honestly, I don’t know which one he’s thirstier for.”
21:08 — Guest is visibly flustered. Changbin crouches. Jisung zooms in, bumps the desk with his knee, curses, and knocks over chips.
Han (frantic whisper): “No no no—get back in frame—oh god he’s crouching—oh god he’s got thighs. This is a hate crime.”
21:09 — Changbin looks directly into the camera. Smirks.
Han (gasping): “He knows. He knows. That smug bastard—”
21:09:06 — Changbin reaches into his back pocket, flicks a microfiber towel over the camera lens with the flair of a man who’s definitely committing at least three HR violations.
Han (screaming): “NOOOOOOOOOO—
cut to static
[ADDITIONAL NOTES:]
Officer Han has submitted a formal request to install thermal imaging in the garage.
Request has been immediately denied.
Counseling has been suggested. Han has declined.
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p1astr81 · 8 hours ago
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could I please request oscar and a quiet night in monaco. sort of like walking around at night, watching a movie and cuddling etc (if you've already done this I'm sorry and don't feel pressured to write this ❤️ )
Idk how this got SO angsty sorrryyyyy 🙈
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“Where are you going?” Oscar asked, seeing your shoes laced up on your feet. He could see your exhaustion in the way your shoulders slumped.
“Going for a walk.” You gave him a soft, pained smile. “need to clear my head.” You explained.
He understood. He knew you weren’t adjusting well after having moved to Monaco from England. You missed the quiet countryside and the acres of space that came with it. Everything was so loud here. Busy. Cramped. “I can come with you if you want.” He offered, hoping you’d agree.
Sighing, you turned your gaze to the floor. “I don’t want to bother you. I know you’re working.” She gestured to where he sat on the sim.
The headphones were torn off his head quickly as he stood. “No, it’s no bother. I wanna go.” He could see the conflict behind your eyes.
“Okay.”
The streets weren’t exactly quiet at night. Expensive cars still roared. Drunk travelers laughing into the air as they exited the casinos. but it was certainly calmer compared to the daytime.
Oscar held your hand in his. He’d been feeling guilty for dragging you to Monaco with him. No matter how many times you tried to tell him this was your choice to come with, he couldn’t buy it. “You could always go back. I won’t be upset.” He told you, breaking your comforting silence.
There was no stutter in your step. No visible indicator that you had even heard him. After awhile you spoke. “No. I want to be with you. I’ll get used to it eventually.” It broke his heart to hear how reserved your voice was. How you didn’t even look up at him to spare him a glance.
The silence prologued, quiet steps in sync. You continued to stare at the pavement while he stared at the top of your head. His thumb brushed against the back of your hand.
“I want you to be happy.” He spoke finally.
You raised your head, and for a moment he thought you might meet his eyes. “I am happy. Being with you makes me happy. I’m just not… comfortable.” Still, your eyes didn’t meet his. They took in the sights of the city instead.
He squeezed your hand. “I’m sorry.” He muttered.
“Don’t say that. It’s not your fault.” You shook your head. “I just need time.”
When you got back to the flat, Oscar led you to the couch. “Stay there. I’ll get the snacks.” His smile was soft, inviting like a warm hug.
He came back with his arms full of your favorite candies and cans of your favorite sodas. You laughed lightly. “Thank you.”
You curled up into his side as he joined you, feeling the warmth of his skin beneath your fingers. When he selected your favorite movie, you giggled and held him tighter.
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It had been four months since you guys moved in. And while you still weren’t fully adjusted, you were back to your regular cheery self.
His lips split into a toothy smile when he saw you practically skip to where he stood in the kitchen. “Heyyy,” you dragged out the word. “I’m gonna go get some ice cream from the parlor down the street if you wanna come with?” You grinned, placing your head on his shoulder. You knew he couldn’t say no to you.
“Can I have a taste of yours?” You asked, beaming at him.
He didn’t respond with words, just held the spoon out towards you. He was boring, ordering his ice cream in a bowl instead of in a cone. You both paused on the pavement as you took the spoon from his hand.
The frozen treat slid from the plastic ware onto your tongue. The sweet flavor hit your tastebuds, and you responded with a delighted hum. “Ooh, it’s good!”
Then your gaze went to the cone in your hand, looking guilty with a little frown.
“Do you want to switch?” He asked the question for you, seeing it already etched on your face. But he knew you’d never ask it yourself.
And you looked up at him, your smile brighter than the sun. “Yeah,” you said sheepishly.
He chuckled, taking the cone from your hand and giving you his bowl.
He didn’t want a cone. He thought they were too messy, and he hated when the ice cream would drip onto his hand and make it all sticky.
But it made you happy, and he’d do just about anything to see you happy.
You continued your walk back to the flat, standing so close to each other that your arms kept brushing. The brush of his skin against yours was comforting.
And you realized that it didn’t matter where you were, whether it be Monaco or England. You felt at home as long as you were with him. He was home.
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blxxmingrose · 2 days ago
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every time sunny got sick, hans worried. it was natural for any parent to worry, especially when children so small couldn’t speak out the discomfort they felt. the ache that they couldn’t use big words to explain. but hans worried even more because sunny had been sick often as a child, and those kinds of memories never faded. never made each new fever feel less serious. 
as sunny curled up in bed, lacking the usual energy she had, it made his heart tighten in inexplicable ways. he went to work quickly, running to take a damp towel to wipe her down, and resting it gently over her forehead. she barely stirred, but he saw her eyes open slightly, seeing june lying beside her and falling silent once more. 
hans expected questions, but there were none. no question to ask why june was in hans’ bed, no question to check if june was leaving. instead, sunny’s fingers curled around june’s shirt, clinging to him like glue, making escape impossible—if june ever thought about it. but hans knew he didn’t. 
hans saw it in the way june easily made space for her on the bed, how his arm made room for her head, helping her get comfortable and giving her reassuring words. amid his own panic over his daughter’s fever, hans felt that sense of calm, reminding him that he’s got this. they’ve got this. together. 
“daddy’s here, sunny bear. tell me if you want anything,” he set down a glass of water and a change of clothes beside the bed, within easy reach in case sunny asked for them, before climbing into bed beside her. he straightened up the blankets to cover her feet, his own hand wrapping around her frame like a protective glove. he had done everything he could. now there was nothing else to do but wait, to not get ahead of himself and think the worst.
children get sick sometimes, it’s normal, hans told himself. especially after they’ve played in the snow all day. 
she had her eyes closed most of the time, but her breathing slowly evened out, signaling to hans that she had fallen back asleep. he didn’t want to look anywhere else in case he missed anything, didn’t want her to wake up and turn to his side and see he was preoccupied. “i’m right here,” he repeated in a hushed tone, letting his words reach her in her dreams. 
and it wasn’t just him who was here. june, too. he allowed himself a quick look in his direction, mouthing a quiet “thank you for being here” as he readjusted the towel on her forehead. 
this felt like a test that came too early in their relationship, but hans couldn’t have wished for a better outcome. instead of feeling like he was beyond his depth, june reacted first with care. he’s always shown that he cared for sunny, and in this moment, he showed that he didn’t just care for her in the classroom they shared.
he cared for her, in every sense of the word. and even for a brief moment, it unfurled the thorns that wrapped around hans’ heart, giving him permission to feel slightly more at ease. telling him his daughter would be fine, because she was so loved by the two of them. 
june’s hand was already reaching for her before hans finished speaking. there was no hesitation, no pause to think about what this moment meant — sunny, warm and quiet and flushed, was right there beside them, and she needed them. that was all june needed to know.
he shifted onto his side, his body curving instinctively toward hers, the sheets tangled still around his legs but no longer relevant. the morning had changed — still soft, but touched with concern now, the kind that sharpened his senses even through the remnants of sleep. he tucked one arm beneath her head to cradle her gently, the other settling on her back with a light pressure, grounding and careful, as though his touch alone could tell her she was safe.
“she’s burning up,” he said softly, almost to himself. his palm rested flat across her back, and though she was small, her body felt so heavy like this. he looked at her, at her face — pale and pinched despite the heat in her cheeks, and his chest pulled tight. he’d seen her with scrapes and little bruises before, giggling through the sting of a playground fall, but this was different. this stillness. this silence. she didn’t even flinch when he brushed the hair away from her damp forehead.
she wasn’t ready to move. maybe she didn’t want to talk, maybe her throat hurt too much to try. he remembered the way she’d pressed herself into hans’ neck, the way her fingers barely clung. it said enough. “i’ve got you,” june murmured, voice low and steady, his thumb tracing soft circles along her spine. “we’re both here.”
and it wasn’t lost on him how this moment, however unexpected, cracked something open. she knew now. not through some talk, not because either of them sat her down to explain what they meant to each other, but because of the way hans jumped from bed without a second thought, because of the way june had already made space for her in his arms, because of the way their bodies had moved in tandem, no confusion, just care.
this was what it meant to love hans. to love them. it was not only soft mornings and slow kisses and lazy sunlight curling on the sheets. it was fevers and uncertainty and slipping into a role he hadn’t rehearsed but felt so sure of anyway. this was what june had signed up for, even if he hadn’t known it at the time. and he wanted it. even this. especially this.
she stirred against him then, and june watched her carefully. “hey,” he said gently. “you don’t have to say anything. just rest here for a while.” his fingers moved to feel her pulse at her neck — fast, but not frightening. he could feel hans' presence just behind her, could sense how tightly he was holding it together, how his own worry was barely veiled. june wanted to tell him it was okay.
but for now, june just laid there, anchored by the little body curled between them, the rhythm of a sick morning unfolding with a quiet kind of love. he would stay as long as sunny needed him. longer, even. there would be time for explanations. time for comfort and for care and for gentle clarity. but right now, he would be the quiet in the storm. he would be someone she could trust.
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the space between us three (jyh) | nine.
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⇢summary: while juggling the demands of life, yunho continues to do his best to raise his independent 11 yr old daughter, seora. throughout the years, they've built a strong foundation, an unbreakable bond— one that consists of late night talks and food runs, father/daughter dates, and sideline cheerleading at her basketball games. so when you unexpectedly come into their world, things shift. despite the uncertainty and the fear of stepping outside of their comfort zone, yunho and seora eventually learn how to open their hearts and learn how to rebuild a home where three can thrive together.
⇢pairing: single dad!yunho x f. reader
⇢genre: (18+ - minors dni) strangers to lovers, single dad au | fluff, angst, smut
⇢word count: 4.4k
⇢chapter content/warnings: something a little light and soft for their comeback (hehe ty for waiting <33), kisses, affectionate moments, mentions of death, visiting eunha at the columbarium, very brief descriptions of the cemetery/columbarium/religion/death, some doubts especially from family members, overthinking, small tinder talk lol, a bit of a calm before the [small] storm 🥹
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⇢a/n: also made this quick wooyoung piece in case you missed it! enjoy!
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The next morning, you wake up to Yunho making coffee in your kitchen. He's back in his clothes from last night while working with your Nespresso machine. You turn a bit, pulling the sheets up while yawning— causing Yunho to shift his attention to you.
"Goodmorning baby." He takes two mugs in his hands before walking over to you, sitting on the edge of the bed as he hands you a cup.
"Hi." You sit up and wrap the sheets around your naked body, taking the fresh cup of coffee into your hands. The first sip is just what you need to wake up, to start your day off on the right note; along with Yunho by your side.
"How'd you sleep?" He kisses your temple before brushing your hair back affectionately. 
"Good. You?"
"Perfectly." He chuckles. "Why are you being so shy now?"
"Yunho!" You playfully scold him, continuing to sip your coffee.
"What? I'm just asking." He continues to look at you, causing the heat to rise to your cheeks. "You look so beautiful in the morning."
"Okay, I definitely need to get used to this." You giggle. "Thank you, Yu. You're too good to me."
"Nah." He lets out a little breathy laugh, free hand still lightly brushing your hair off of your shoulder. Caressing your cheek.
"So, what time do you wanna head out to the cemetery?"
"Mm." He looks at the clock on your nightstand. "Soon? I need to change and grab something from the house."
"What is it?"
"It's uh, Eunha's necklace. I wanna place it near her urn."
"Yeah, okay." You take a huge gulp of your coffee before setting aside on the nightstand before looking at him. "Let me go get ready." He nods, keeping his eyes on your bare back as you scoop your panties and clothes off of the floor.
"You can just walk over without it."
"Jeong Yunho." You at least throw on your panties and longsleeve before getting up to fix the bed. Yunho helps you on the side he occupies, grabbing your cup from the nightstand before asking you if you want more coffee or if he's good to wash the dishes. You shake your head, heading over to the bathroom to wash up and get changed. Yunho already washed up a bit this morning, taking the extra toothbrush you left him to brush his teeth and slapping some water to his face. You take a good 20 minutes to freshen up and change into a quick, comfy outfit consisting of leggings, a plain light grey pullover and an olive, long Nike quilted trench coat. You slip on some slouchy, crew neck socks before dipping into your white Nike P-6000's. 
"Yeah, let me get home so I can look decent." You snort at Yunho's comment while he eyes you up and down. Sooner or later, the both of you are headed out the door and off to Yunho's. The ride is silent, mainly because Yunho feels nervous. Scared, even. But, having you here makes it a lot less daunting.
It's nice how real it feels when he holds your hand.
He pulls up to his place, parking in his usual spot. Nothing seems out of the ordinary, mostly quiet.
Until—
"Oh shit." You say to yourself when you see your mom pop out of the house, noticing Yunho's car. You quickly unbuckle your seatbelt and dip forward to hide yourself when you see her observing a little harder than you'd like. "Yunho! Oh my god, that's my mom!" You harshly whisper and tug Yunho's arm. "Yunho!" He laughs.
"Baby, what?"
"She's gonna see me!" Yunho shakes his head and watches your mom trying to get a peek into the car.
"She won't. I'll distract her and I'll be quick, okay?" He laughs. "Wanna give me a quick kiss? She isn't looking, hurry, hurry, hurry—" He says in a strained but playful voice, causing you to smack him on the arm.
"Stop it! Go!" Yunho laughs again before stepping out.
"Yunho!" Your mom calls out.
"Morning!" He says, waving near his car.
"Who was that? Was that Seora? Is she hiding from her Auntie Love?" Your mom comes down the steps and Yunho shakes his head.
"No one. It's just me." He shrugs as he comes towards her, subtly blocking her from moving any closer to the car with his tall frame.
"I swear I saw someone in your front seat."
"Nobody." Yunho chuckles. "I have to go pick up Seora in a bit from Chan-mi's house. I just forgot to grab something I needed."
"Huh." Your mom says, making her tilt her head. "I know." She smiles. "You're seeing someone, aren't you?" Yunho's ears turn red and he shakes his head while laughing, slowly easing towards his door.
"I promise you, Auntie Love. There isn't anyone there." He checks his watch. "I gotta start heading out. We'll see you later?" Yunho jumps up the steps to unlock his door and rushes in, making your mom furrow her brows before getting back to her plants and flowers in the front yard. Yunho rushes into the house, straight to his room to change and grab Eunha's small necklace.
Seora had mentioned leaving it in her mom's niche eventually, and Yunho can remember the way her smile fell when it came up. And maybe she'll wanna do it herself, but he isn't entirely sure how she'd feel overall. He knows it's his fault for shielding her after Eunha passed, heavily based on his own feelings and not being able to accept his new reality.
Their new reality.
He walks into his room, quickly washing up and changing into something a bit more comfortable. He throws on some dark denim jeans, a hoodie and a jacket, ruffling his hair a bit with some water so it isn't too messy our out of place. He heads to his nightstand, letting out a small sigh when he finds the necklace shoved in the back of the drawer— something he purposely did because he knew he needed it for his own comfort, some sort of safety blanket, but he couldn't exactly look at it. He holds it in his hand, the necklace sparkling under the soft morning sun peeking into his room. He swallows the lump in his throat because he remembers having to take the necklace off of her; wanting to keep it as the last bit of Eunha that he had left. It has Seora's newborn foot print printed inside the lock.
Something he gifted her on her birthday as a token of his love, Seora's love, for her.
But, he was ready to reunite Eunha with her favorite necklace.
He lets out another breath when he carefully slips it into the pocket of his jacket, rushing through the house and back out the door. Your mom is still tending to her flowers and plants, but she's more distracted over the sick plants than Yunho's presence now. He gives your mom one last wave before slipping back into the car, noticing you're still bent down in hiding.
"You know she's busy tending to her plants, right?"
"You can never be too sure with her." Yunho laughs when he begins to drive off. You let out a small groan when you sit up, buckling your seatbelt as you sit back and finally relax.
"You could just.. tell her?" Yunho gives your thigh a reassuring squeeze that makes you chuckle a bit.
"I will. Just.. when the timing feels right. I know she loves you and Seora to death, but trust me, I don't think she believes in me enough to think that I could care for you and Seora." 
"Well, I beg to differ." Pause. "I do plan to open up to Seora about it, too."
"W-would she be ready?"
"I don't know, but I don't like keeping any secrets from her. In the end, I know she'd open up to you and warm up to you." 
"Hm. I hope so." He stays silent as he continues to drive off to the cemetery, also unsure of how things will play out. Not in your ability to care for Seora because he knows you'll do amazing, and you'll be able to give her the care and love she had been yearning for. You'll adjust beautifully.
But because of how Seora will react, your mom. All hurdles he knows that are inevitable.
He does a good job of keeping his worries on the down low, especially when he turns into the familiar entryway of the cemetery. It's been so, so long. Maybe since Eunha was placed in the columbarium niche, Yunho doesn't even really know. It feels like a blur because he's done all he can to avoid this place. 
Having you here really makes a difference.
Yunho parks to the side of the columbarium entrance. There's only one other car parked nearby, and the entire feeling is eery [as with any cemetery visit]. You look at Yunho when you find his eyes planted on the front doors, sliding your hand into his and giving it a good squeeze of reassurance. He responds with a very tiny, easy-to-miss toothless smile before walking in and leading the way. The columbarium is cold, and it smells lifeless. Though, the bright flowers and decorations on every niche give it a bit more color. He turns the corner at the end of the hallway before bringing you down another and doing a left turn. His steps slow when he approaches the small hallway with a window at the end, a glass painting of Mother Mary coloring the surface. Yunho plants his feet in front of Eunha's niche, and.. he doesn't say anything at first. 
So, you let him hold that space, give him time to process. You rub at his arm in a soothing motion before he gently lets go of your hand and unlocks the glass-front niche with his key. He grabs the framed photo of her, along with another photo of the two of them hugging toddler Seora.
"She's beautiful, Yu." You look at Eunha's picture, admiring the way Yunho looks at it with stars in his eyes. You can see Seora in the both of them, and it aches your heart knowing she didn't get as much time with her mom.
"That's Eunha." He looks at you with a soft smile.
"Seora is a good mix of you two."
"Yeah. I used to tell Eunha she was my twin, but I see remnants of Eunha in her the more she grows up." He lets out a breath before setting the photos back down inside the niche neatly, feeling a bit bad and guilty for leaving it so bare besides the two items. He's sure Seora will bring more life to it, though. "Eunha." He says, running his thumb over the surface of her urn. "I'm here. I'm sorry it's been so long." He digs into his pocket and takes the necklace out, laying it nicely along the bottom of the urn. "Brought you your favorite necklace." You softly smile to yourself, remaining silent to give Yunho his time with Eunha. "I promise I'll bring Seora next time. She's growing up so well." He chuckles a bit. "I see you in her more and more every day, and I know she misses you. She thinks about you all the time." He pauses.
You think he wants to save the rest for when Seora is with him. Or, maybe when he's alone. And he deserves that. He deserves that time and to sit in peace with her.
Yunho doesn't say anything else and continues to poke at the necklace before pressing his hand against her urn once more and shutting her niche close. Locked.
"Think we can sit here for a bit?"
"Of course. Whatever you wanna do." Yunho pulls up the two chairs nearby and you sit with him in front of Eunha. He takes another moment before he's diving into memories and stories he's shared with Eunha, and you can tell how much it still aches Yunho to have lost his bestfriend. You can't even imagine how it feels, and even as early as it is, you can't imagine losing Yunho like that already. It's too scary a thought.
But, the stories bring some comfort and you love that he's comfortable enough to share this with you.
He revisits the way they met, the way Eunha got pregnant early and how their family seemed to be against them. How they pushed through and persevered no matter how difficult it got. Seora. Enjoying time outdoors, trying to explore as much as they can in between working hard just to expose Seora to the world. Show her new things together. Their trips, activities. Crafts she'd do with little Seora.
He already touched on this before so he doesn't go into too much detail, just enough. Enough to be reminiscent of other stories, memories. It gives you and Yunho an extra 15 minutes with Eunha before Yunho is satisfied. 
"Alright. Ready?"
"You sure you're good?" He nods, standing and reaching for your hand. He bids his last farewell to Eunha for now, pressing his fingers to his lips before running it across the glass. "You okay?" You ask him softly, gently squeezing at his arm as you walk out side by side.
"Yeah. I feel a lot better, actually." He presses a kiss to the top of your head. "Thank you for coming with me and for doing this with me. You have no idea how much I appreciate you for it." 
"Of course." You give him a smile before he kisses you again, this time on the forehead. He gives the small of your back a little tap before opening the passenger door to let you slip in. He lets out a small breath when he settles in the driver's seat, starting his journey back to your place to let you go for the day.
And he already misses you.
When you approach the familiar, narrow street and building, Yunho parks his car to the side before helping you out of the passenger's seat. He quietly walks behind you, hands dug deep into his pocket until you reach the door. You turn to him, a soft smile on your face as Yunho looks down at you.
"Thanks again for coming with me today, baby."
"You're welcome." 
"Any other plans for today?"
"Wonwoo texted me saying he wanted to come over. He said he'd buy me food if he can swing by."
"Can't go wrong with that." You nod.
"What time do you have to pick up Seora?"
"Whenever she texts me." He shrugs. "Which, she's very much in no rush to do." You chuckle.
"She'll come around soon." 
"Yeah." He says, wrapping his arms around you before dipping forward and kissing you sweetly. "I'll see you at work tomorrow? Wanna do our usual lunch dates?" You smile and nod.
"I'd love that." You tiptoe to kiss him on lips again, his large hands coming up to cup your cheeks. If it hadn't been for his phone, you wouldn't have pulled away— maybe invited him back inside. But alas, you rest your head against his chest as he continues to hold you and answers his phone.
"Speak of the beast." He jokes, making you chuckle. "Hey ace. You're ready now? That's surprising." He laughs. "Of course I miss you and want you home, I was just joking. I wasn't expecting you to call me so quickly cause you're usually attached to Chan-mi's hip." You slowly pull away and look at him, admiring his softness. His beauty. His kind, warm soul. "Okay, I'll be on my way." He ends the call, looking down at you with starry eyes. He kisses the tip of your nose before smiling, brushing your hair back. You love the way he looks at you. "That timing."
"Oh, you can always blame it on the timing." You laugh. "Get to Seora. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Okay. Bye baby." He slowly steps backward while biting his lip. You slip into your place and wave before shutting the door close and texting your brother to come through.
It gets harder and harder to leave you.
But, Yunho can't wait to hang out with Seora for the rest of the afternoon. It always tugs on his heart strings when she's eager to get home to him so they can spend time together.
He can't wait until both worlds collide in the best possible way.
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When Yunho leaves, Wonwoo pulls up to your place within the next 30 minutes. He's got a bag with two big bowls of black bean noodles, purely self-indulgent but you won't complain about getting free food [ever]. He plops himself next to you on the couch, slurping away as soon as he removes the lid from the bowl. He starts talking to you about the promotion he's getting, along with a separate surprise you were definitely not expecting [but you're happy for him].
The promotion you expected, yes. Your brother is always working so damn hard, being the team player that he is.
This other surprise, no. Because all he does is work and hang out with his boys doing whatever boys do. Travel, fish, camp.
"I met this girl on Tinder."
"You said what now? Since when were you even on Tinder?"
"Me and some of the boys decided to hop on for a week just to see how it is. See if there's any potential."
"Uh huh?" You raise a brow before taking another bite of your noodles. "So, how was the app in general?"
"Fine. Nothing too special. But, yeah. I met someone on there, and we got as far as exchanging numbers. Been texting every day. She seems cool. We vibe well and have lots in common."
"That's cute. What's her name?"
"Chaeyoung." You nod.
"So, what're you gonna do? Are you gonna take her out and see if it develops, or is this purely casual? Were you on there looking for something casual?" 
"I just put unsure."
"You can do that? That makes it worse!"
"No, it doesn't! At least I'm being honest about it, right? Besides, I can't really tell what's gonna happen right away. I just wanna keep myself open to the possibilities."
"Touché." You drink some of your Coke Zero. "So, back to the plan. What're you thinking about doing at this moment in time?"
"Yeah, I wanna kick it with her and see where it goes."
"Good for you, baby brother." He laughs.
"Aye, this doesn't let you off the hook. What's going on with you and Yunho now? Are you guys official?" You dig your fork into your noodles, shifting your attention away from your brother so that he doesn't see the small smile building on your face. 
"Yeah."
"Nice. I like him. I can tell he's a genuinely good guy." You nod.
"He is. And the best dad." You continue to look down, which triggers your brother to ask—
"So, what's the issue?"
"What? There is none." You bluff.
"You must forget how bad of a liar you actually are." He snorts. "Plus, you mentioned it at the club. Seora. Mom." He mimics you, making you roll your eyes.
"Well, it's true. I don't know how his daughter would feel, but I can't imagine she'd be happy about it."
"She'll just need time because she's young. She doesn't know how to navigate big changes properly yet."
"I don't know. I'm just scared, and I already feel guilty for changing the dynamic already."
"It'll be fine, I promise. Just don't rush her, and she'll be good over time." You nod.
"Then, you know mom."
"Yeah, I do." 
"She's gonna give me an earful and call me out. She's gonna say I don't know how to take care of a child, let alone an 11-year old that isn't mine."
"Don't worry about it. I'll talk to her when the time comes. You know she says things without thinking first. Once you knock a bit of sense into her, she'll step back and think."
"I guess so. We'll see how it unfolds. Can't say I'm not scared, though." Wonwoo nudges you playfully.
"You scared? Never." You laugh, always grateful your brother is there to remind you of who you are. "It'll all be okay. It'll play out the way it should."
"Yeah."
"For now, you're happy with him and you're solid. Take that. Keep going with it."
"I will." You give him a soft smile before laying your head on his shoulder, the energy more lighthearted when Wonwoo jokingly cringes and shrugs you off.
Speaking of Yunho, he's currently at the grocery store grabbing more ingredients for dinner tonight and running through the list he didn't get to since he spent his weekend with you. Seora is wandering around aimlessly, trying to slip in some snacks before her dad can reject her choice. She asked for steak tonight, which caught Yunho by surprise. Steak, mashed potatoes and some veggies specifically. She claims she saw it on the show last night and it made her crave it ever since. So, Yunho being the dad that he is, finds ways to deliver. He finds the juiciest cuts of steak while grabbing other ingredients to make the mashed potatoes from scratch, along with a mix of vegetables he can boil. When Yunho is heading to the checkout line, he notices how many additional items have piled into the cart— making him roll his eyes and laugh playfully as he checks out. During their ride home, Seora continues to tell him about her weekend with Chan-mi and how her parents are always so sweet to each other.
She says it almost reminds her of him and mom.
Yunho isn't sure how she remembers it so well, but who is he to say? She'll remember small, odd details like the shirt he wore on their camping trip a trillion years ago, or how she fell at the park and nicked her knee on that play structure when she was 3.
He thinks tonight'll be a perfect time to ask if she wants to go see her mom next weekend.
When they get home, they each shower and get comfortable for the evening— Yunho throwing on his usual hoodie and sweats before throwing down in the kitchen. Seora sits in the living room, finishing up some homework in between watching and conversing with her dad. She wants to be close to him even though she's a little distracted and is getting hungrier by the minute from the smell of the food being cooked. She watches her dad go to work in the kitchen, laughing when he animatedly reacts and tries to keep himself together [aka not burn the food]. 
"Dad, do you need help?" She asks while laughing, writing away for her homework.
"Nope! All good! Almost done."
"I believe in ya, champ!" She smiles at him before returning her attention to the TV. 
"Means a lot, baby girl." Yunho laughs. It isn't long before he's setting the food neatly onto a plate, wiping the sides down clean in order to present a picture perfect meal to his little one. He calls for her to come join him at the table, the TV still on as she shuts her notebook close and runs over. She gasps, taking a picture of the food before thanking her dad for the delicious meal tonight. They sit quietly at the table for a few seconds, saying grace before they dig in and enjoy their 5-star meal.
He watches carefully as Seora takes the first bite, nervous about how it tastes for her. But, her eyes glow in response and she claps in approval.
"Oh my god, this is so good! Thank you, daddy." 
"You're welcome." He smiles.
"Literally have the best dad ever."
"Yeah, you're spoiled."
"And you keep doing it!" He snorts.
"You're always gonna be my baby, how could I not?" She giggles.
"So, what'd you do this weekend? Is Uncle Hwa still in trouble?" Yunho cocks a brow up before slicing another bit of his steak.
"Uh, yeah. He is, and he will be for awhile."
"Ouuuu."
"That's why you shouldn't always listen to him and take his advice."
"I mean, he doesn't give me advice about that stuff."
"Good, he better not or I'll drop kick him." Seora laughs. "To answer your other question, I just.. hung out and did my own thing. Cleaned." He avoids contact and eats away.
"Huh. Nothing at all?"
"Nope."
"Why didn't you do the groceries?"
"I knew you'd have a request so I waited."
"Hm." She tilts her head. "What's that on your neck?" Seora peeks into his hoodie, making him shy away from his daughter.
"Excuse you, what's with the questions? Is this how you show your affectionate for me?" He furrows his brows at her. "It's a rash." He tugs and fixes his hoodie.
"Please. Kinda gnarly for a rash. Looks like a hickey."
"Don't please me." He scoffs a bit with laugh.
"You never get rashes."
"There's a first time for everything."
"You're so suspect, dad."
"I'm suspect?" Yunho cocks his head to the side, eyeing her. "How do you even know what a hickey looks like?"
"TV shows, movies?"
"The hell are you watching without me?" Seora snorts.
"Goodness, what do I do with you?" Yunho shakes his head.
"You aren't supposed to know that." The two look at each other— Yunho's brows furrowed, Seora with an amused smile. "Anyway, no. I wanted to talk to you about something."
"Like, that? That kind of talk? Hickey talk?"
"No! Stop." He waves his hand. "Stop right now. Stop saying that. You're too young and this isn't what I wanted to talk to you about. Hell, as a matter of fact, let's quickly settle on this now. I won't give you that talk until you're 30." Seora laughs.
"Okay, jeez. Calm down, I'm kidding!" She surrenders. "What did you wanna talk to me about?"
"How've you been feeling?"
"About?"
"Just life, in general."
"Fine."
"No, seriously."
"Dad, I just told you." She chuckles, a bit confused as she pokes into her mashed potatoes and takes a big bite.
"Give me more."
"Mm." She hums again. "Well, school is good. I've been getting good grades, right?" She points to a copy of her latest report card on the fridge. "Basketball's good, I have a good feeling about this playoff run."
"Yeah?"
"Mhm! Friends are good. You're good. We're eating steak and mashed potatoes. I dunno, I can't complain."
"You don't feel like you're lacking anywhere?" Yunho doesn't really know where he's going with this— hence, why he keeps avoiding some contact. Maybe he wants to hear Seora say she wishes she had her mom, or even a motherly figure to do things. Some kind of window to talk about you.
"Not really, no."
Maybe he shouldn't.
There's nothing wrong. Seora doesn't feel like she's lacking anywhere. Why would Yunho do anything to ruin that right now?
He'll just rip the bandaid off at some point. He will. Not now.
"Okay then."
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I am. As long as you are." She nods, continuing to eat. "Got another question for you."
"Shoot!"
"Do you.. wanna go visit your mom next weekend?" Her eyes light up, but she tilts her head. Almost like all of this is unreal.
"Y-you mean it? You're really gonna take me to see mom?" Yunho nods.
"Yeah."
"Okay." She smiles. "Yes please. I'd like to see her. I.. made some small decorations for her. Hoping I'd get to put it near her urn."
"Then, we can go decorate it together."
"I'd really like to."
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quiet mornings and latte arts | p.js
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boyfriend!jisung x fem!reader
❝ a flirty barista pushes boundaries, sparking soft jealousy in your usually quiet, clumsy boyfriend, awakening a protective side you didn't know that existed. ❞
genre. fluff ⭑ word count. 3.8k+
content. jealous ji (my fav kind of ji), a very flirty and inconvenient barista, head over heels ji that does anything for you, just fluff actually!
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Soft jealousy, sleepy mornings, and a little reminder of who really owns your heart.
It was a slow, golden Sunday morning—the kind that made the city feel like it was still tucked under the covers. The air was crisp, but not cold. Quiet enough that your footsteps echoed softly down the sidewalk. You turned the corner and entered the café, greeted by the familiar chime of the door and the warmth that always lived inside those walls.
Your favorite spot was free—the second stool from the end, tucked just enough to feel cozy without being hidden. You loved this place. You loved what it meant. You’d been coming here with Jisung since your first winter together, wrapped in scarves and shy glances. This place had seen everything—first dates, quiet arguments, soft reconciliations, sleepy-eyed mornings. It was your safe space. Yours and his.
But lately, someone new had been adding… flavour to the atmosphere.
“Look who’s back,” came the now-familiar voice, syrup-sweet and a little too smooth.
You looked up from your phone to see him—the new barista. All charm and dimples and a gaze that held a touch too long.
“Your usual?” he asked, already turning to start it.
“You remembered,” you replied with a small smile.
“How could I forget?” He flashed you a grin, and then added, “But if I got it wrong, you’ll have to punish me. Deal?” You laughed softly, mostly out of politeness.
He returned with your drink—perfect, as always—and this time, the foam was adorned with a heart. Not just any heart, either: two tiny initials carefully drawn inside it. Yours… and his.
“This one’s on the house,” he said, placing the cup down and sliding it toward you like it was a love letter. “You deserve something sweet today.”
You blinked, a little caught off guard. “Thanks…?”
“Anytime.” He winked. “Really. Any time.”
You left a bit embarrassed and with a coffee that suddenly felt very complicated.
Back home, Jisung was lounging on the couch, hoodie sleeves pulled down to his knuckles, the hood drooping over his eyes. His phone rested forgotten on his chest, and a soft instrumental played from the speaker—something gentle, something he probably made himself.
“Hey, babe,” you said, holding up your drink. “Guess what? Free coffee today.”
His eyes flicked to the cup. Then to you. He sat up slowly. “Free?”
“New barista said it was ‘on the house.’” You said it casually, watching him closely.
He gave a soft hum, barely a note of sound. “Nice of them.”
He didn’t say more—but you noticed the subtle shift in him. The slight crease between his brows. The way he suddenly had his hands shoved under his thighs like he was anchoring himself. He didn’t ask any more questions, but he didn't need to. You knew him too well.
The next day, you mentioned heading back to the café. You didn’t even finish the sentence before he was reaching for his jacket.
“I’ll come with you.”
You tilted your head. “Thought you hated their oat milk.”
“Maybe I’ll give it another shot.” He didn’t meet your eyes as he said it, but you caught the flush rising in his cheeks.
You just smirked. “Sure.”
The café buzzed with its usual morning rhythm, but the moment the two of you walked in together, everything seemed to shift.
Jisung’s hand found yours immediately—his fingers cool but firm. His thumb stroked the inside of your wrist like a nervous habit. You ordered together, and while you spoke, he leaned in close. His presence was unmistakable—quiet, grounding, but unmistakably there.
The barista turned around and paused when they saw you weren’t alone.
“Well, well,” he grinned, eyeing the hand on your waist. “Didn’t know you were bringing a plus-one.”
You offered a polite smile. Your partner said nothing, but you felt the small tightening of his grip.
“And what can I get for you, mystery man?” the barista asked, too sweet, too amused.
“Oat milk latte,” your boyfriend replied flatly, gaze steady.
“Oat milk?” the barista teased. “Bold choice.”
“He likes it bitter,” you said quickly, shooting your partner a glance—his eyes never left the barista.
As you moved to wait for your drinks, he pulled you subtly closer, arm now looped around your shoulders. The tension in his jaw was faint, but you could see it. His lips hovered close to your ear.
“Heart foam again?” he whispered.
You snorted. “Yours better be even bigger.”
When the drinks were handed over, there was no heart in the foam this time. No napkin note. No extra sweetness. Just two cups, side by side.
You stepped out into the sunlight, warm drinks in hand, and walked in silence for a while. His hand stayed in yours, thumb brushing over your skin again and again.
“Okay,” you finally said, nudging him with your elbow. “So… someone was feeling a little territorial there.”
He sighed through his nose, sheepish. “I wasn’t—”
“You absolutely were.”
A pause. Then he mumbled, “It’s just… that place is ours, y’know? And I didn’t like the way they looked at you. Like they could just walk into it. Into us.”
You stopped walking and turned to face him. He kept his gaze down, always a little shy when his feelings were too loud. But you reached for his face, cupped his cheeks gently.
“That café is ours. Our spot. Our memories. No one’s rewriting them unless we say so.”
He finally met your eyes, his cheeks flushed pink. There was a small knot of worry in his expression, but it was unraveling.
“Come on,” you said with a small smile, tugging him toward the café again. “Let’s go make some new memories. Window seat. Your playlist. My bad jokes.”
He laughed under his breath. “God, I love you.”
“And I love my quiet, jealous little coffee snob.”
Back at the café, the window seat was waiting. You shared headphones, drinks, stories you already knew just to hear each other’s voices. And this time, your cup had both your names scribbled in the corner—his handwriting.
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Possession isn't always loud. Sometimes it's quiet hands and hard stares.
You thought it was over.
The drinks etched only with your names, the subtle yet unmistakable way your boyfriend had reasserted his place beside you. The quiet death of the barista’s flirty spark behind the counter.
But apparently… that was only round one.
It was two days later when you dropped by alone again—Jisung was holed up in the studio, headphones like armor over his ears, hunched over his desk with tired eyes and calloused fingertips stained with ink and half-finished lyrics. He hadn’t eaten. Barely spoken. You kissed the crown of his head and promised to bring him something warm, something sweeter than the stress he was drowning in.
You should’ve known something was off the second the bell chimed and the barista’s gaze landed on you like it was a secret you’d come back to share.
“Ooh,” he drawled, voice dripping with heat and honey, the kind that stuck to your skin. “Back so soon? Thought maybe you’d switched allegiances.”
You blinked, caught off guard. “What?”
“Didn’t see you yesterday.” He leaned on the counter like it was a casual thought, but his eyes didn’t waver. They slid over your face, pausing at your lips just a moment too long. “Figured you might’ve sold out to that soulless chain down the street.”
You gave a polite laugh, more amused than flattered. “Nah. Just busy. My boyfriend’s buried in work.”
“Ah,” he said knowingly, nodding like he had you all figured out. “The ever-elusive boyfriend. I don’t blame him, though. If I had someone like you waiting at home, I wouldn’t get anything done either.”
Your lips parted, somewhere between a laugh and a wince. “You’re bold.”
He grinned, lazy and too familiar. “I am.”
Your drink came with a heart again—bigger this time, taking up the entire surface of the foam. He slid it toward you, and with it, another napkin.
You barely read the message—something about being available if he ever gets too busy for you—before you folded it swiftly and shoved it into your pocket. Not because it meant something. But because it didn’t. Not really. Not when your heart was already home.
You didn’t say anything when you got back. Just handed Jisung the drink, kissed his temple, and slipped into your room to change. He murmured a tired thank you, lips brushing your wrist, his fingers curling weakly around the cup like he was already somewhere else.
But you should’ve known better.
He saw the foam. Saw the heart. And maybe you didn’t notice—but your hoodie smelled like the café’s cinnamon syrup and just the slightest hint of something else.
Too much attention.
That night, he said nothing. But the next morning?
He was already dressed, shoes on, waiting by the door like a quiet storm when you reached for your keys.
“You’re… coming with me?” you asked, surprised.
He nodded once. Calm. Soft.
Absolutely terrifying.
The café was quiet that early—just a few regulars, the gentle clink of ceramic, the hiss of milk being steamed. Peaceful, in theory. But when the two of you stepped inside, the atmosphere shifted like a held breath.
The barista turned, spotted you… and smirked.
“Well, well,” he said, tone sliding into a grin. “You brought the boyfriend again. I was starting to think he didn’t exist. That you were just playing a little—”
Jisung didn’t move. Didn’t even blink. Just stood beside you, hands tucked in his hoodie pocket, jaw set in that subtle, silent way of his—like he was anchoring himself from doing more.
“He exists,” you said simply, your voice firmer than usual. The tension wrapped around you like static.
The barista tilted his head. “So… your usual?”
“Two of them,” Jisung answered, before you could speak. His voice low. Steady. But unmistakably sharp. “But this time, I’ll watch you make them.”
The grin on the barista’s face faltered just a little.
“Oh? Don’t trust me?”
Jisung smiled—not wide, not warm. Just enough. A flicker of teeth, a warning in disguise. “I just want to make sure there aren’t any… extra messages being served.”
The barista arched a brow, leaning in. “If there are… maybe they weren’t meant for you.”
That’s when Jisung moved.
No words. No scene.
He just stepped in—slow, certain—and slipped his arm around your waist, his hand spreading warm and possessive at your hip. He pulled you into him, gently but without hesitation, as if to say, She’s mine. This is where she belongs.
“They’re always meant for me,” he murmured, voice barely above a whisper, but weighty enough to ground you.
You looked up at him. His gaze never left the barista, but his fingers traced soft circles into your side—steadily, reassuringly. He wasn’t angry. Not really. He was staking a claim the only way he knew how. Not through volume. Through presence.
The drinks came—this time, plain. No hearts. No swirls. No notes folded like flirtation on a napkin. Just sealed cups. Precise. Polite.
You turned to leave, but Jisung’s hand lingered on your back.
“Hold on.”
He pulled a pen from his pocket—one of those thick studio pens he always carried—and scrawled something across the side of his cup. Then handed it back.
The barista took it, scanned it slowly, and his lips tightened.
Already taken. Forever. Don’t try again.
Outside, the air was crisp. The silence between you buzzed with unspoken things. You took a few steps before glancing sideways, unable to hide the grin pulling at your mouth.
“You don’t even like their oat milk.”
Jisung shrugged, eyes softening a little. “Didn’t need to. I just needed to remind him.”
You looped your arm through his. “You really think he stood a chance?”
He looked down at you, cheeks tinged pink, the corner of his mouth twitching upward.
“No,” he said, voice low. Honest. “But I’m not taking any chances with you.”
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If he can’t beat the barista, he’ll become one. Eventually.
Later that evening, after the chaos had simmered down and the tension from the café had melted into something resembling laughter, the apartment settled into a quiet hum. Golden lamplight bathed the room in warmth, your favorite blanket draped over your legs as you curled into the couch, lost in the pages of your book. Outside, the city moved on, but here inside—everything had slowed.
You were halfway through a chapter when you felt the shift.
Jisung hovered in the doorway, half-shrouded in the shadow of the hallway. His hoodie swallowed most of him, sleeves tugged over his knuckles, hair tousled like he’d run a hand through it one too many times. His eyes flicked to you, then darted toward the kitchen, like he was unsure which direction to commit to.
You looked up, smiling. “Everything okay?”
He scratched the back of his neck, fingers lingering as if buying time. “I, uh… I was thinking.” His voice was soft, uncertain. “Maybe we don’t need the café anymore.”
You tilted your head. “Oh?”
“I mean—” He waved a hand, like the words were still forming as he spoke. “It’s been kinda… weird. And maybe I overreacted. Or maybe I didn’t. But the whole place doesn’t feel right anymore. Not after that. And I don’t want you walking in there and dealing with that energy just for a coffee.” He paused, breath catching for a second. “I want you to have something better.”
Your heart softened at the edges. He wasn’t just thinking about jealousy or pride. He was thinking about you. Your comfort. Your mornings.
“What are you saying?” you asked, closing your book fully now.
“I wanna make you coffee,” he said, a little too quickly. Then added, quieter, “Here. Like… every morning. From now on.”
You blinked. “You’re gonna become my personal barista?”
He nodded once, solemn and determined despite the obvious nerves tightening his shoulders. “Starting tomorrow.”
You bit back a grin. “You’re really serious about this.”
“So serious,” he mumbled, already turning on his heel before you could tease him more.
The next morning… was something else entirely.
You wandered into the kitchen still half-asleep, dragging your blanket like a cloak, hair a mess, and socks mismatched. But whatever dreams you had been floating through were quickly swept away by the chaos in front of you.
The kitchen looked like it had hosted a small, very polite explosion.
Jisung stood at the counter, sleeves rolled up to his elbows, hoodie abandoned somewhere behind him. His hair was even messier than yours, sticking up in tufts like he’d been running his hands through it for hours. He held a milk frother in one hand, his phone balanced precariously on a stack of cookbooks, a how-to video playing quietly. The countertop was littered with sugar packets, half-spilled coffee grounds, two rejected mugs already in the sink, and what might have been a trail of cinnamon leading nowhere.
The air smelled like burnt espresso, desperation, and a hint of cinnamon vanilla—his favorite.
He turned at the sound of your steps, eyes wide and hopeful. But behind that hope was a sheepish, flustered sort of panic that was unmistakably him.
“I tried to do the little heart thing,” he admitted, motioning vaguely to the mug in front of him. “It, uh. Looks more like a butt.”
You couldn’t help it. You laughed—soft, affectionate. The foam was definitely… interpretive. A little too much swirl, a bit sunken on one side. But the drink was warm, fragrant, and most importantly, made by his hands. For you.
You took a careful sip.
It was… terrible.
Burnt. A little too bitter. Possibly brewed with salt instead of sugar. You weren’t entirely sure.
But he was watching you like a nervous golden retriever that had brought you a very mangled tennis ball, tail wagging but unsure if this counted as a good deed.
You smiled through the sip. “It’s perfect.”
Jisung narrowed his eyes. “You’re lying.”
“Absolutely,” you said with a small grin. “But I appreciate the effort.”
He groaned and collapsed forward, burying his face against your shoulder with a muffled groan. “I swear I followed the video exactly.”
You laughed and wrapped your arms around his waist, tugging him close. His body sagged against yours, warm and heavy, like he’d been holding up the world with caffeine and love and now he could finally exhale.
“You’re already better than that barista,” you whispered.
He mumbled something unintelligible into your neck.
You pulled back just enough to see his face, your hand brushing the messy fringe out of his eyes. “Wanna know why?”
He blinked at you, quiet, waiting.
“Because you’re doing this for me. Not to impress anyone. Not to win some stupid game. Just because you love me. That makes every sip taste better.”
His expression cracked wide open at that—eyes softening, a shy grin tugging at the corners of his lips like a flower blooming in slow motion.
“I’m gonna get it right,” he said, earnest. “Even if it takes a hundred tries.”
And over the next few days, he did.
One mug at a time.
There were a few near disasters—like the day he frothed milk too long and it exploded onto the cabinets, or the time he accidentally poured in orange juice instead of oat milk. But with each attempt, he learned. He adjusted. He grew.
He found a playlist that matched the rhythm of morning light. He learned to warm the mugs beforehand. He figured out how to swirl the milk just right, even if the hearts still sometimes looked like melting clouds.
And one morning—just as the first golden rays slipped through the blinds—he placed a mug in front of you with foam shaped into something charmingly lopsided, but unmistakable.
A heart.
You kissed him before taking a sip.
Later that week, the two of you curled up on the couch together—your legs tangled, his hoodie pulled over both of you like a makeshift blanket. He handed you a fresh mug, the foam swirled into… something.
“It’s supposed to be a cat,” he mumbled, cheeks pink. “But it might be a bear. Or a… puddle.”
You took a sip, leaned your head on his shoulder, and sighed. “It’s perfect.”
He wrapped his arms around you, tucking you close, his cheek pressed to your temple.
And in that moment, you knew:
You didn’t need the café.
You didn’t need the foam hearts or the passive-aggressive flirting.
You didn’t need anything but this.
Him.
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Love is in the mornings you don’t want to leave the bed, and the coffees that taste like effort.
The house is quiet, save for the soft hum of the kettle and the distant, gentle beat of rain tapping on the windows. The sky is still tucked in sleep, painted in shades of pale lavender and steel blue, and everything outside feels like it’s holding its breath.
Inside, though—it’s warm.
Jisung’s standing in the kitchen again, barefoot on cool tiles, hoodie sleeves pushed up to his elbows in that slightly clumsy way he always does it. He’s squinting at the milk frother like it personally offended him, brows furrowed, lips pursed in deep concentration.
You watch from the doorway for a moment, heart squeezing at how much he wants this to be right. Not because he needs to be perfect—but because he wants to give you something that feels like care, poured in steam and effort and quiet devotion.
He finally notices you, and the serious look on his face softens immediately. The way his eyes crinkle, the tiny, lopsided smile that appears—it’s all so him. A little awkward, a little unsure, but so full of love it nearly knocks the breath out of you.
“You’re up early,” he says, voice still raspy with sleep, like velvet rubbed the wrong way. “I was trying to surprise you.”
You pad closer, feet silent on the floor, arms wrapping around his waist from behind. You press your cheek to his back, breathing him in—coffee beans and cotton, warmth and him.
“You already do,” you murmur.
He turns in your arms, hands instinctively finding your waist. One of them is still slightly sticky from the syrup he was experimenting with. He doesn’t seem to notice.
“I wanted to try a new recipe,” he says. “Hazelnut vanilla, with a little cinnamon. I know it’s your favorite combo.”
You smile against his chest. “Did it turn out?”
A sheepish pause.
“…Kinda?”
You laugh softly, and it earns you a pout. He’s cute when he sulks, especially when he’s trying to impress you and it doesn’t quite land.
You kiss the tip of his nose. “I’ll love it even if it’s terrible.”
Ji mutters something about low standards, but his ears turn pink and he lets you pull him over to the couch while the kettle finishes heating. He hands you a blanket before settling beside you, your legs thrown over his lap, your body instinctively curling into the space he makes for you.
He pulls out his phone, scrolling through the video tutorial again like he’s studying for an exam. You watch him, amusement mixing with something deeper—gratitude, affection, a quiet awe for this man who keeps trying. Keeps choosing you, over and over, in a thousand tiny ways that never need to be loud to be meaningful.
Soon, the smell of fresh coffee fills the room.
He disappears into the kitchen for a few minutes, and you hear the clinking of cups, the telltale hiss of the frother, the light thud of a cabinet being closed too hard.
When he returns, he’s balancing two mugs, eyebrows furrowed, lip caught between his teeth.
“Don’t laugh,” he warns as he hands one to you.
You look down. The foam art is… abstract again. A little swirl, a weird heart shape that might’ve once had dreams of being a leaf. But it smells divine, and the warmth seeps through your fingers as you take your first sip.
It’s perfect. Not because it’s a barista’s masterpiece. But because it tastes like late nights and early mornings, like whispered I love yous in half-sleep, like the effort it takes to care for someone with your whole chest.
Your boyfriend watches your face, nervous.
You let out a happy sigh. “I’ve never had better.”
The relief on his face is almost comical, and you can’t help but laugh as he relaxes against you. He sets his mug down and wraps his arms around you from the side, lips brushing your temple, then your cheek, then just resting there, warm and soft.
“Next time,” he mumbles, “I’m gonna try the tulip design.”
You hum against him. “Even if it looks like a splat, I’ll still love it.”
He chuckles. “It probably will.”
You shift closer, tucking yourself into his arms, coffee resting on the arm of the couch, the rain outside still soft and steady.
“Maybe we should make this our thing,” you whisper. “Messy coffee mornings. Lazy, rainy days.”
His voice is low, wrapped in something gentle and real. “Yeah. I like that.”
And in that little corner of the world—just the two of you, tangled in blankets and the scent of cinnamon—you realize:
It doesn’t matter how the coffee turns out.
He’s already your favorite way to start the day.
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