"What are you doing in here?" Boom's voice. was low, clipped, but not loud enough to draw attention outside. Smart didn't answer. He stepped closer, then closer, and before Boom could retreat, Smart wrapped his arms around him from behind, slow, careful, but deliberate. Boom went rigid. His breath caught. Smart lowered his head just slightly, lips hovering near Boom's ear. "I just want to talk." Some ghosts don't haunt you. They wait for you to come back. ⚠️ Content Warning: 🔞 The story Contains mature themes, explicit content and references to a complex past. This is a story of emotional aftermath, forbidden love, and navigating trauma years later. All characters in the present timeline are adults. Reader discretion is strongly advised. After years of silence, Smart walks into a job interview hoping to forget the past but fate has other plans. One look at the man across the table is enough to bring it all rushing back. A name he thought he'd never hear again. A face he was never meant to see. A past neither of them has truly left behind. In a world built on secrets and appearances, what happens when buried truths start to resurface? And how do you protect what's forbidden... when it never stopped feeling right? Slow-burn | LGBTQ+ | Emotional healing | Forbidden past. Characters are fictional. Images used for visual inspiration only - no affiliation with the real individuals.

Boom doesn't believe in love at all. With a heart colder than iced coffee and a personal policy of -no strings, no feelings,- he's mastered the art of emotional detachment. That is, until Smart shows up Charming, persistent, and a golden retriever in human form, Smart takes Boom's emotional walls as a personal challenge. Whether Boom likes it or not (spoiler: he doesn't... at first), Smart is determined to prove that love isn't all drama and disaster. Cue awkward encounters, emotional blackmail via puppies, and one very reluctant heart slowly warming up.

Smart, the serious and dutiful head of security at Auralis Co., is tasked with protecting the company's new CEO from the relentless media spotlight. But things take a hilarious turn when Smart accidentally kicks the CEO himself-Boom-out of the building, mistaking him for some lost, wandering kid. What follows is a slow-burn, tension-filled journey of awkward crushes, possessiveness, and unexpected tenderness as these two opposites navigate their messy, heated connection amid corporate chaos.

When their children trick them into a family vacation in Chiang Mai, Smart and Boom are forced to face the love they left behind. Old wounds resurface. Feelings linger. And maybe just maybe it isn't too late to begin again. "This time, I won't ask you to forget, only to try." This story was requested by one of my lovely reader here. She gives me the plot and idea, I just help making it into mini fics. Hope you enjoy dear Original idea/plot from @YukiKanuwat