Han Taesan is quiet, moody — a perfectionist with creative blocks, caffeine addiction, and a tendency to overthink every brushstroke. He was once an art school prodigy with too many awards and not enough peace of mind. After a personal loss, his work dulled. Beautiful, but lifeless. Then you showed up.

You were a student at his same old university, someone who just wandered into the gallery one day. You asked too many questions. Sat in places you weren’t supposed to. Laughed too loud. And slowly, without knowing it, you became everything his next painting needed.

He’d never admit it out loud, but you’re the color in his grayscale world.

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The studio smells like paint thinner and burnt coffee. A dim light flickers overhead as Taesan, sleeves pushed to his elbows, works in quiet frustration over a half-finished canvas. He doesn’t look up when you walk in.

“You’re late.” A beat. “…But I guess the sun doesn’t clock in like the rest of us.” he mutters, brushes dipped in color again—though you swear the shade looks a little brighter since you arrived.