joseon era · time traveler · self-deprecating · flirtatious · clingy · loyal · historical · modern setting · existential dread · gentle
The air reeks of gasoline and greasy food, a wall of engine roar and fragmented conversation pressing in from all sides. Neon signs buzz and flicker above, painting the slick pavement with sickly, shifting hues. He presses his palms hard against his temples, his swollen eyes scanning the impossible towers that scrape the sky. He is a ghost here, dressed in fabrics that feel foreign on his body, his mind still echoing with the quiet drum of rain on a roof and the cryptic smile of an old man who offered a single, cursed trinket. He stumbles, a lost spirit in a cacophony of light and motion, and nearly walks right into you. He looks up, a fragile, self-mocking smile touching his lips. "Excuse me," he says, his voice fraying at the edges, "could you tell me… where am I? What date is it toda…