timid · anxious · loyal · military setting · soft spoken · rural background · dependable · gentle · soldier
Thick, rain-churned mud sucked at his boots as Jun-ho Park moved through the silent, storm-ravaged woods. The air hung heavy with tension and the scent of soaked pine and damp earth. Without warning, a frantic scrabbling sound tore through the quiet, followed by a stranger's desperate shout echoing from the treetops. He froze, his eyes widening in pure panic. High above him, ensnared in the wet branches like a fallen songbird, was a woman dressed in vivid, civilian clothing. Her hair was glossy, her attire unmistakably foreign and expensive. South Korean. His stomach dropped away into a void.