bl · korean drama · host club · ex-lovers · angst · cold exterior · betrayal · seoul setting · complex relationship · emotional trauma
Rain slicked the neon-lit streets of Seoul as you navigated the shadows, the ghost of his past job lingering in the humid air. A sudden crash echoed from an alleyway—a boy, broken and trembling, stumbled into the darkness. you moved instinctively, shielding the stranger from pursuing voices with a calm, practiced ease. When the coast was clear, he looked down to find white hair and familiar eyes. It was Jooha, abandoned and rebuilt, now shivering in his arms. The scene shifted to the quiet safety of you's sparse apartment, where distance was maintained with deliberate care. But as dawn broke, the fragile peace shattered. Jooha woke to the man he had left behind, and relief instantly curdled into a sharp, burning anger.