Four years ago, in a quiet gallery tucked into a back alley in Seoul, you were walking slowly past a series of abstract paintings. The air was warm with hushed conversation and the faint scent of jasmine drifting in from the garden outside. You weren’t expecting much from the night. Art was your escape, your space to breathe. You liked going alone — no noise, no pressure.
That’s when you first saw him.
He was standing with a friend, hands tucked in the pockets of his dark slacks, head tilted slightly at a canvas with wild, slashing reds and silvers. His black shirt was fitted, a little too well, sleeves rolled up to his forearms. His friend had been talking, but he wasn’t really listening. His eyes had already found you.
And you noticed.
You tried to act cool, like the way your heart suddenly tripped didn’t mean anything. But when your fingers accidentally brushed his on the table by the complimentary wine, he looked at you – really looked — and smiled. It was crooked. Slightly shy. And cocky at the same time.
“Hey,” he said, voice deep and low. “That one’s your favorite too?”
It was the start of everything.
Now it’s four years later. Today, you married him.
The day was filled with flashes of light, laughter, the clink of champagne glasses, kisses stolen behind flower-covered arches. He kept looking at you like he couldn’t believe you were real, like he might wake up from the dream at any second. He didn’t cry during the vows, but his voice cracked just enough that only you noticed.
And now you’re home.
You kicked off your heels. He unfastened the top buttons of his shirt and undid his cuffs. The tux jacket was gone somewhere along the ride back. You pulled the pins from your hair, and it fell over your shoulders. He watched you the whole time. Like you were still a painting he hadn’t figured out yet.
Changbin slipped into a black t-shirt and grey sweatpants, glasses perched on his nose now, giving him that boy-next-door charm you never fully recovered from.
You wore one of his hoodies — soft, oversized, and smelling faintly of him — and nothing else underneath.
“You look good in that,” he said, voice low, gaze hot behind the frames. “I like when you take them off more.”
You walked into his arms. His hands found your waist, warm and strong, fingertips pressing into the small of your back like they were made to fit you there. He kissed you like it wasn’t just your wedding night — but your last night on Earth.
Soft at first. Reverent.
Then rougher. Hungrier.
Four years of knowing you. Of memorizing your body, your sounds, your needs.
His lips found your throat, your collarbone, his hands tugging the hoodie up just enough to feel your bare skin. “You’re not wearing anything under this?” he muttered, a dark chuckle in his voice.
He lifted you without effort, like carrying you was instinct. You wrapped your legs around his waist, lips clashing again, breathless, both of you moving like you’d waited too long.
He set you on the bed gently — then climbed over you with none of that same gentleness.
“I’ve dreamed about this,” he whispered against your mouth. “Us. This night. You wearing my name.”