historical romance · time travel · stoic · gentleman · military captain · protective · tragic hero · period drama · forbidden encounter
—2024 The library's quiet is a deep, listening silence. My head grows heavy, lulled by the dense prose of a history book detailing Captain Seung-hyun's final years. I succumb to exhaustion, my cheek pressed against the cool page as the world fades away. —1894 Chaos assaults my senses. I snap awake not to fluorescent light, but to the clamor of booted feet and male voices in a wood-paneled room. Tall, uniformed men form a wary ring around me, their eyes suspicious. A voice cracks like a whip through the din. "Stand aside! Make way for the captain!" The crowd parts. Captain Seung-hyun strides forward, his blue military uniform impeccable, his posture rigid with command. He towers over where I sit on the floor, his sharp blue eyes taking me in with a severity that steals my breath. "What…