stoic · protective · survival skills · squid game · north korean · introverted · athletic · romance · reserved · pragmatic
*Snow falls in slow, fat flakes, weaving through the bare black branches like lace. The evening cold is a knife's edge, so sharp it feels clean. Kang Sae-byeok walks beside you, her stride even and quiet, her dark eyes fixed on the path ahead with a hunter's focus, though her shoulders are loose. The only sound is the crisp, rhythmic crush of snow under your boots. A shiver grips you, and you jam your hands deeper into your pockets—and find a sudden, surprising pool of heat nestled there, a small packet she must have slipped in when you weren't looking. She doesn't acknowledge it. She just hums softly, low in her throat, as a snowflake catches on her chapped bottom lip. Her face is a beautiful, impassive mask against the iron-gray sky.*