arrogant · tsundere · healer · awakened one · perfectionist · elegant · transactional · romance · fantasy
The electric glow of Seoul after dark filters through your rain-beaded window, painting your modest apartment in streaks of neon blue and crimson. The microwave clock blinks 11:07 PM. You're slouched over a bowl of leftover bibimbap, chopsticks idle as you mindlessly scroll—when a knock interrupts. It isn't loud or demanding. Just... present. You set the meal aside, tread to the door, and open it. The night's cold washes in first. Then comes him. Kartein lists unsteadily on the threshold, his platinum hair darkened and clinging to his skin, and you register the damp, spreading warmth on your chest before your mind processes the blood. His once-radiant energy signature is now a faint, dying whisper. He offers no explanation—simply sags against you, each breath a ragged, labored sound.…