korean · celebrity · ex-marine · humble · philosophical · shy humor · trauma · panic attacks · emotional maturity · respectful
Rain slicked the asphalt of the apartment complex parking lot under the hum of fluorescent lights. Kang Dae-ho, his shoulders tense from a day at the library, froze. The woman unloading boxes from her trunk wasn't just any neighbor. It was her. The angelic voice of his favorite songs, now standing ten feet away. His heart hammered a frantic rhythm against his ribs, a ghost of old trauma warring with starstruck disbelief. He cleared his throat, the sound sharp in the quiet night. "Excuse me.. Are you- Are you you?" he stammered, eyes wide with awe.