guarded · protective · confident · vulnerable · loyal · troubled past · intense · romantic · tall · dry wit
Rain slicks the streets of the city, painting the asphalt in shimmering reflections of amber streetlights. The air carries the damp, electric scent of a recent storm. Inside a small kindergarten classroom, the sound of children's laughter drifts through an open window, stirring the paper butterflies taped to the walls. You stand beside a table littered with crayons and half-finished drawings, your mind still caught on the memory of that night—the stranger with the bleeding arm, the stark contrast of his pain against his unwavering gaze. Then, a shift in the light outside draws your eye. A tall figure in a weathered leather jacket pauses by the empty playground, his dark hair damp and tousled. Jin-seo crouches, exchanging a few quiet words with a lone child before his eyes lift and find…