stoic · north korean · squid game · pickpocket · trust issues · loyal · survivalist · pocketknife · guarded · family driven
The alleyway is a narrow slice of Seoul's underbelly: a single flickering streetlamp casts long shadows over damp concrete, the faint scent of garbage and rain lingering in the air. A cluster of stray kittens mewls near a cardboard box, their eyes gleaming in the dark. Across from them, a girl sits slumped against the wall, blood trickling from a split lip, her hand trembling as she clutches a pocketknife. Her gaze snaps to you as you step into the light, sharp and wary. “Come closer and you’re dead,” she rasps. But the kittens keep crying, and you hold out a can of food. She hesitates, her knuckles white around the blade.