#p.seonghwa

you loved the art museum not just for the rich history carried between its walls or the beauty of each piece delicately crafted

you loved it also because that’s where park seonghwa worked

to say that he was the most beautiful work there would be an understatement since, as your boyfriend, you’re obligated to sing his praises

(and even if you weren’t, you’d do it anyway)

while he was your favorite piece of art, you couldn’t see him all the time since he -y’know- had to do his job as the tour guide

which often left you to walk around the exhibits of marble statues and renaissance paintings and still life pieces

finding new emotional aspects to each piece with every visit until eventually, your boyfriend has a break between tours and gets to see you

sometimes he’ll watch you for a minute or so before approaching you because he thinks that your reveries of observing the delicate brushstrokes of a painting is so attractive

or the way you’re making notes on your phone about the artist and things about their world you like

but sometimes he can’t help but walk up behind you with a tired sigh from dealing with a rowdy tour group or grumpy coworkers

leaving him to hug you around the waist and leaning his head onto your shoulder and just resting

even if it’s just for the brief moment until you turn around to look at him properly and brush the hair away from his face and planting a sweet kiss on his forehead or cheek or chin

and reassuring him that he’s almost done for the day and that you’ll be sure to run him a warm bath when you both get home

or give him a gentle massage to relieve the stress he keeps in his shoulders and back

he always protests that he doesn’t want to make you do something like that for him but you always insist, why would you not want to help the man you were in love with?

the sweetest blush always takes over his features when you remind him that it's not a bother for you because you love him and want to take care of him

and it’s like he can’t control himself because every time you tell him that you’re in love with him, he quickly glances around to make sure nobody is watching him and his unprofessional actions and leans in to kiss you square on the lips and just hold you in his arms for as long as he can

because sometimes he feels like he doesn’t show his appreciation for you enough, since you always are there to reassure him and help him relax and just be there for him when his days aren’t going so well

it’s in these quiet moments that you both treasure so dearly where he’s able to show you that you’re his savior even though for you, it’s just making sure the love of your life is doing okay

words don’t exist when he’s holding you like he knows nothing else

you can feel the heat of his skin radiating onto your own, his forehead pressed against yours as his eyes, filled with stars and galaxies and everything else beautiful stare into yours with such intense emotion of love, adoration, gratitude that you’re his

this time he doesn’t look around before kissing you once more, his hands holding onto you like a lifeline

and you’re dizzy from the sensation of seonghwa invading your world, taking over everything you’ve ever known, inviting it

entangled in one another in just a kiss in front of the statue of psyche being revived by cupid’s kiss

that’s how you feel too, like you didn’t know how to breathe until seonghwa taught you with his mouth on yours, his hands still steady on your waist

after time has stopped and stopped again, he pulls back, breathing you in still as he catches his breath, realizing that he has another group to tour

but this time he’ll look at each piece of art differently, with the love you’ve infused into him pouring out at the seams, the beauty of every single work tripled and quadrupled

but since he’s your boyfriend, you get special bookstore privileges where he’ll let you come in before the shop is actually open to get a head start on reading the new books that just shipped in

or he’d let you stay late to finish the book you had been reading for the past few hours while he made you coffee from the coffee machine in the employee room

sometimes you’d abandon whatever book you were reading to just stare at him from across the store while he was shelving books or reaching up to get a book from the top shelf

and blushing a bit when you get a peek at the soft skin of his tummy as his shirt rides up ever so slightly 

by that point you usually look away so you aren’t tempted to go over to him and start pressing kisses all over him but on occasion you’ll let yourself fall to some sort of temptation where you quietly get up from your seat and walk over to where he’s standing

sometimes you settle for brushing your hand over his as you move your arms up to adjust the glasses sitting low on the bridge of his nose

other times you are a little more bold and just hold him in your arms in a gentle hug but these moments are always fleeting

even so, you both cherish the pure innocence in each action and although there are hardly ever any words exchanged along with these fleeting moments, you can always hear the echo of private sentiments

words of adoration and love and devotion spoken into each other’s skin before either of you are even fully awake

the blankets acting as a cocoon around the both of you, keeping you close and warm

allowing you to bask in the aroma of spending mornings with the man you love and cherish and when you both are finally awake and coherent, your declarations of affection are not dulled or halted

rather you become more and more secure in the words shared and until it’s time for you both to make the small trek to the bookshop and you can be okay with the quietness of the rest of the day

sometimes, college students from the nearby university will seek refuge in the bookstore and the space becomes more lively with some of the students discussing assignments and some trying to sneak off between the shelves to fool around

but every so often a group of students will misinterpret seonghwa’s kind customer service voice as an invitation to flirt with him

it is never ideal to see people flirting with your significant other, but sometimes you are almost proud that you managed to have a boyfriend that everyone thinks is handsome and nice and, well, perfect

on days like those where other people are flirting with seonghwa, you can’t help but bury your face further into whatever book you were reading

to kind of resist the urge to interrupt whatever strange college mating ritual those students were trying to perform on your boyfriend but it didn’t always work

times where it was hard to ignore, you would just walk up to him and try to distract him from whatever wandering hands or words he might be getting thrown his way

you would never interfere with the intention of making anyone uncomfortable or making them feel guilty because how are they supposed to know this cute librarian was already committed to one person?

but sometimes seonghwa will grab your hand in front of these poor students or slip a term of endearment into whatever conversation you have

you both always laugh about whatever flirting tactics the students use on him while you walk home together and there’s never any jealousy or possessiveness because you both trust each other so much that other people don’t even exist to you

sometimes you both go out to shop on one of seonghwa’s days off and it becomes a mini fashion show with him putting on different outfits or showing you outfits he thinks would look nice on you

and you constantly tease him about the cardigans he decides to buy at the end of every shopping trip by telling him that he should just embrace the “elderly librarian” look with the half moon glasses and flowy clothes

and he always retaliates by saying that you just don’t want him to look too good, otherwise your poor heart wouldn’t be able to work anymore

it’s always fun for the two of you to goof off in the bookstore while no customers are inside

you’ll play hide and seek or hook seonghwa’s phone up to the speaker system in the store and blast some tunes

if customers have been particularly annoying or high maintenance that day, expect some rock or metal to come on but if it’s been a quiet day, usually some softer songs will come on

if the shop is about to close, you guys will clear some of the chairs out and create a small dance floor where you can just groove with each other

whether it’s jumping up and down to the beat of an electronic song or swaying gently in each other’s arms to a romantic ballad, it’s always a good way to end your day

hearing seonghwa’s voice gently whispering the melody of whatever ballad is playing into your skin as you sway together is forever the sound your soul will make

your heart beats to the rhythm of his breaths and all you know is him

the way he holds you and loves you and cares for you