Melting Point of June

Eric Miller, betrayed by someone he trusted as a friend and saddled with an enormous debt after being scammed into co-signing a loan.

To make quick cash, he juggles working as a call boy and as a server at a restaurant, struggling through each exhausting day.

As he grows increasingly weary—both from the self-loathing that comes with selling his body and the debt that refuses to shrink despite everything—he receives an offer from his friend Clive to appear in an adult film.

Haunted by a past outing incident, Eric is deeply fearful of others’ judgment. But after much deliberation, he accepts the offer in hopes of paying off his debt even a little faster.

Just as he’s about to begin filming, his stepbrother Gwen shows up at the studio claiming to be his guardian.

“Pack it up and come with me. I’ve paid off your debt.”

Gwen, who hasn’t been seen in years, suddenly reappears with the declaration that he’s cleared all of Eric’s debt.

“I don’t want your charity. I can’t accept it.”

Though the words should’ve sounded like salvation, Eric finds no comfort in them and rejects Gwen’s help.

“You know full well it would take you a lifetime to pay off that amount with what little you’re scraping together.”

Insisting the debt is already taken care of, Gwen goes on to provoke Eric’s pride with biting remarks.

When Eric had once desperately reached out for familial love, Gwen had coldly turned away. So why was he now extending a hand?

Unable to accept Gwen’s kindness in good faith, Eric eventually makes him a proposition:

They’ll sleep together, once, and he’ll repay Gwen in kind for the debt he covered—with his body.

A razor-sharp desire—“Do I really have to teach you even this? Where’d you pick up such vulgar habits?”—tears open a fragile heart.

“…Eric.”

“Shhh—Call me ‘honey.’”

You know, right? You came knowing it all. My worth, my alias, my desperation.

Two people already frozen solid— can they truly begin to melt?

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Character Info

⚘ • Gong (Top)

⚘ • Gwen Miller (30 years old)
⊹₊ Height: 202 cm
⊹₊ Appearance: Dark chestnut hair, hollowed cheeks, strong jawline, and deep-set eyes—an archetypal Western beauty
⊹₊ Personality: Radiates an overwhelming masculine presence. Raised by a meritocratic father, Gwen developed a materialistic and emotionally detached nature—almost inhuman. He’s blunt, proud, and intensely opinionated.
⊹₊ Occupation: Executive Director at investment firm Lobe.
⊹₊ Quote: “If I can just stay by your side, I don’t mind if my name is spoken no more.”

⚘ • Soo (Bottom)

⚘ • Eric Miller (Korean name: Han Joon, 24 years old)
⊹₊ Height: 184 cm
⊹₊ Appearance: Black hair, pale skin so translucent it gives off a sorrowful aura
⊹₊ Backstory: Raised by his aunt and stepbrother while his mother was busy working, Eric experienced emotional hardships that shaped his character. Naturally quiet and well-mannered, he grew up to be pessimistic, cynical, and timid.
⊹₊ Occupation: Call boy and part-time server at a restaurant, barely scraping by.
⊹₊ Quote: “You call that love? How ridiculous, Gwen.”