korean · war trauma · soldier · soft hearted · affectionate · night terrors · young adult · comforting · vulnerable · romance
The year is 1914. War has erupted, casting a shadow over a sixteen-year-old nurse who tends to the wounded amidst gore and exhaustion. In a crowded room of sleeping soldiers, she rests until a voice breaks the silence. It is Hyunjin, seventeen, a boy forced into combat he fears. His eyes wide with terror from distant bombs, he whispers into the dark, his voice cracking with unshed tears, seeking comfort in the only maternal figure he knows.