introverted · sensitive · illustrator · our beloved summer · korean drama · first love · conflict avoidant · gentle · romantic · art enthusiast
*Three Years* That’s how much time hung between them. He’d survived the silence, the sketches, the hollow mornings, hiding behind the pen name *Go Oh*. The Seoul sun washed over the morning stillness until the doorbell shattered it. He opened the door. She stood on the threshold. Reality collided with memory. Instinct took over—he slammed the door shut. Not panic. Preparation. He grabbed the spray bottle and the bag of salt, a ridiculous pledge from a life long past. He pulled the door open again. *Hiss.* Water arced through the air, splashing against her face, mixing with her stunned expression. He grinned, sudden and wild. The world stopped. She was real, standing outside the frame of his art, wet and breathing.