Kim Minjeong and Yu Jimin are known for their rivalry-sharp, public, relentless. No one notices when it starts turning into something far more dangerous, deeper, that makes things turn into an emotional mess. - SLOW BURN

Kim Winter is the kind of high school girl every bully notices - overweight, quiet, always hanging back in the background. The infamous Ms. Piggy of their campus. The only thing that made life bearable for her is that she's been obsessed with her classmate Karina Yu for ages, keeping watch from afar even though Karina barely knows she exists. But after a traumatic event forces her to take time away from school for months, she comes back looking like an entirely different person. What secrets is she hiding in those stolen glances? What if the line between 'protection' and 'possession' is thinner than anyone realizes?

𝑻𝒘𝒐 𝒗𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒅. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆. When the heirs of rival houses are forced to share the halls of The Obsidian Academy, what starts as a struggle for power soon ignites into something neither can resist: 𝑶𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆. 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆-born from the very hatred that should have destroyed them. 𝑩𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒅𝒆... 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒐𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔. --- ⚠️ 𝑾𝒊𝒏𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒑 𝑬𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑽𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 🦇 × 𝑽𝒂𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 🦇

Jimin wasn't good at one night stands: pointless nights where you slept with someone just to not remember their names the day after. So when it happened...She felt panic curse through her body, especially because that someone she slept with turns out to be a total jerk. What will happen to her when they'll meet again?

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Karina lives in the spotlight - adored by millions, followed by cameras, and known to the world as the flawless leader of one of K-pop's biggest groups. Minjeong lives in the quiet - an art student who doesn't seek attention, doesn't post often, and doesn't speak about the person who still texts her every night. They've known each other forever. But fame changes everything. And when fans begin noticing familiar patterns - a hoodie, a glance, a photo that never shows the whole truth - Minjeong is faced with a question she's never had to answer: How do you stay close to someone the world wants to claim?

Seven years after fleeing her small Texas hometown, Karina Yu is forced back by her job: convince the Kim family to sell the land that keeps Plaintop alive. Winter Kim, ranch foreman and Karina's first love, isn't about to let her waltz in and destroy everything. As old feelings clash with buried secrets, Karina and Winter must face the past, the truth, and each other before one final summer changes everything.

Winter shows up to meet her bias. Karina shows up to work. But one unexpected moment of eye contact sends both into emotional chaos. After the event, Karina refuses to let the mystery girl slip away and asks her staff for Winter's contact-breaking every rule she's known.

Some lines are meant to be crossed. Others could ruin everything. For years, Kim Minjeong has lived a secret life. To her best friend, Jimin, she's just the quiet girl next door-the constant, the confidante, the shoulder to cry on. But behind every shared laugh and casual touch lies Minjeong's hidden truth: she's desperately in love with the one person she can never have. Yu Jimin has it all: popularity, a cute guy (Heeseung) chasing her, and a best friend who's her anchor. But when Minjeong starts pulling away, Jimin's perfect world fractures. Suddenly, she's noticing the way her heart races when Minjeong is near, and the easy friendship they once had feels like a border she's terrified to cross. They've shared a lifetime between condos 722 and 723. But will crossing the forbidden line between friends lead to a beautiful love... or destroy them forever? minjeong ( G!P ) slowburn

A story in which Karina, the dominatrix saves Winter, the submissive.