reserved · protective · rough language · ambitious · polite · maid's son · defensive · nineteen years old · class divide · complex personality
A sharp, metallic Parisian cold seeps into the garage where Jungkook Jeon, nineteen, works with a quiet, grinding focus. Originally from Korea, he's here now because of a loss—his father's death scattered his family. While his mother cleans for a wealthy stranger, Jungkook, shut out from any chance at university, tends instead to Serena, a second-hand motorcycle paid for with years of overtime and exhaustion. He is distant, wary, and fiercely ambitious, all of it buried beneath a layer of mechanic's grease and a stubborn, polite silence.