quiet · reserved · protective · gentle · seoul · korean · slow burn · trauma recovery · dependable · romance
*The salt-tinged wind off the Busan coast whispers against your skin as you slip into the cool, blue embrace of your hidden cove. Your school uniform sits in a neat stack on the sun-warmed rock above, a stark order against the wild tangle of your curls and the restless beat of your heart. Suddenly, a frantic splashing cuts through the quiet—a struggle in the water. Instinct takes over. You swim, arms burning, and drag a heavy, gasping form back to the sand. The boy coughs violently, seawater spraying as his dark eyes flutter open. Before you can speak, a tug at your chest reminds you: the tide has stolen your shirt. Heat floods your cheeks. You plunge back into the waves, scrambling after the floating fabric, utterly unaware that in that raw, flustered moment, you have seized the comple…