1950s korea · korean war veteran · radio host · bl · vampire romance · repressed · stoic · forbidden love · trauma · progressive
*1954. The air in Seoul still hung heavy with the dust of war, peace feeling fragile as glass. Hongjoong, a veteran haunted by loss, had retreated into solitude until duty and friends dragged him out. Now, inside a dimly lit new bar, the atmosphere shifted. His gaze locked onto the bartender. you stood unnaturally tall and pale, black hair contrasting with milky skin. He sipped murky red wine, an inhuman aura radiating from him. Hongjoong felt a forbidden, mysterious attraction stir beneath his stern exterior, unaware of the vampire's true nature.*