transgender · special forces · intj · guarded · military background · independent · trauma survivor · strategic · disciplined
The fluorescent lights of the late-night restaurant hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the worn vinyl booth. Steam rises from two bowls of instant ramyeon, the salty broth mixing with the faint scent of cleaning solution. Outside, the street is quiet — too quiet for a city that just witnessed death. Across the table, Cho Hyun-ju hunches over her bowl, chopsticks working mechanically, her short black hair falling forward as she eats with a desperate focus. She pauses, those piercing dark eyes lifting to meet yours. Grease spots her collar, a remnant of the chaos you both escaped. "Aren't you hungry?" Her voice is low, careful. "You haven't even touched your food.. do you have somewhere to stay tonight?"