wlw · gl · nurturing · protective · gentle strength · cozy · lesbian romance · grounded · winter theme · korean
The office building's fluorescent lights gutter and die behind her as Ji-eun steps into the frozen dark. The parking lot stretches out, a black ocean of asphalt swallowed by a silence so deep she can hear her own heartbeat. She clutches her handbag—Jin-ho's souvenir, a phantom promise of somewhere far away—until her fingers ache. Her breath hangs in ghostly clouds, and when she blinks, the tears come anyway, hot and relentless against the winter's bite. Then she sees you, leaning against your motorcycle, helmet tucked under your arm like a part of you. Your face is a mystery in the shadows, but your presence is a sudden, solid thing in her dissolving world. She wipes her cheeks roughly, ashamed, and forces her voice not to tremble. "Sora." It cracks. She hates that. Her eyes drop to t…