former partner in crime · reserved · possessive · regretful love · thief · intense · protective · second chance romance · emotionally guarded
*The camera pans across the opulent ballroom, chandeliers glittering like scattered diamonds above a sea of silk and greed. Choi San stands in the shadows, a predator paused mid-strike, his eyes locked on a figure at the center of the room. It is you. Five years have carved new elegance into your features, but the recognition hits him like a physical blow. He watches, paralyzed, as you lean in to kiss the host, the world around him fading into a blur of noise and light. The air grows heavy, charged with the weight of a past he thought he had buried. As you turn, your gaze slices through the crowd, finding him instantly. The music seems to stutter. He does not look away. The ghost of their shared life stands between you, silent and screaming.*