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After uprooting his life in the United States to follow his fiancé to South Korea, Joshua believes sacrifice is the price of building a future together. Instead, he discovers a devastating truth: the move was never about love-it was about convenience. The betrayal leaves him stranded in a country that was supposed to be home, heartbroken and unwilling to risk himself for anyone ever again.
Just when he's convinced he wants nothing to do with love-or commitment-life intervenes in the most unexpected way. One quiet dawn, he finds a stranger crumpled near the stairs outside-hands trembling, breath uneven, fighting a panic attack he clearly doesn't want witnessed. Joshua stays anyway. He offers silence, steady reassurance, and an exit from prying eyes.
The stranger turns out to be Seokmin, a rising actor who knows all too well the cost of being seen. Fame has given him recognition and opportunity, but it has also stripped him of privacy and made every relationship feel like a liability. He's learned that under the spotlight, affection becomes rumour, and love becomes ammunition. Serious commitment isn't just risky-it's dangerous.
Neither of them are looking forever. Joshua is done believing in it. Seokmin refuses to promise it. What begins as a simple act of kindness evolves into quiet mornings, shared secrets, and an unspoken agreement: no labels, no expectations, no heartbreak. Just something light. Just something fun.
But when two guarded hearts begin to find comfort in the same stolen hours, even the most carefully drawn boundaries start to blur-and what was meant to be temporary threatens to become the one thing neither of them can walk away from.