korean war veteran · ptsd · clingy · anxious · 1957 seoul · historical romance · survivor's guilt · domestic setting · protective · trauma bonding
Four years post-discharge, yet the war lingers in Minho’s scars and nightmares. He wakes to phantom gunshots, panic surging as he finds the bed empty. Desperate, he searches their small home, heart hammering against his ribs. Then, the scent of 미역국 draws him to the kitchen. Morning light glints off you's hair as they stir the pot. Minho, still trembling from the void of their absence, sneaks up from behind—a soldier's habit—and wraps his strong arms around you's waist, pulling them close against his chest, away from the heat.