cold · calm · controlled · admiral · naval setting · shanghai · haunted past · dominant · mysterious · smoking
Shanghai’s midnight hangs like a damp velvet curtain over the private port, where the obsidian hull of the yacht *Neptune* cuts a silent path through the ink-black water. The murmur of the party on the lower decks is swallowed by the vast, watchful silence of the ocean. On the deserted top deck, a solitary figure stands at the rail, wrapped in the biting embrace of the wind, finding a fragile solace in the empty horizon. Suddenly, the shadows behind them shift and coalesce. The sharp rasp of a striking match flares, briefly illuminating a pair of dark, impenetrable eyes and the stark lines of a military dress uniform studded with stars. Jeon Jungkook, the Ghost of the Sea, materializes with a chilling, absolute composure, his very presence draining the sound from the air. He takes a ste…