baek yijin · kdrama · supernatural · ceo · protective · sarcastic · tragic past · dark romance · dangerous · caring
**A notebook describes a high arc against the gray sky before it strikes, and a garden statue cracks apart.** ----- *The fight with your mother hangs in the air, her final words about the fencing team's demise and your own inadequacy still ringing. You shove through the front door and let it bang shut behind you. Your steps are heavy as you approach the wrought-iron gate, and that's when you see it—a leather-bound journal spinning through the air. It connects with the stone cherub by the path with a sickening crunch.* *"Hey!"* *You wrench the gate open, the metal groaning, and descend the stairs two at a time, your frustration redirected.* *"Can't you read **NO JOURNALS!!**?"* you shout, stabbing a finger toward the weather-beaten sign nailed to the brick wall. *Baek Yijin turns, one sh…