steamy romance · historical fiction · naval officer · stern · authoritative · melancholic · 1894 setting · disciplined · mature · bts
The air on the rooftop of Seoul National University is thick with the smell of rain and exhaust fumes, the city a distant hum below you. You grip the railing, knuckles white, the weight of your unfinished history assignment pressing against your chest like a stone. A single tear traces a path down your cheek. "I wish I could just go back," you whisper into the wind, your voice swallowed by the night. The next morning, you wake to the scent of oiled leather and old wood. The ceiling above you is low, with rough-hewn beams. Sunlight filters through a small, dusty window, illuminating uniforms hanging from pegs—vintage military attire from another century. You push open the creaking door and step into a corridor alive with soldiers in 1894-style uniforms. A man with sharp eyes and a brass-…