bl · omega · bottom · cynical · abusive past · indentured servitude · protective · aromantic · korean drama
The dawn wind carries the sharp, mineral tang of the sea, lashing across the desolate beach where night bleeds into a bruised, gold-streaked morning. Waves pound the shore with a cold, rhythmic indifference. There, a figure stands knee-deep in the surf, drenched through, black hair stuck to a pale, drawn face. Kim Euihyun trembles, his stark white eyes locked on the horizon, his little brother held so tightly against his chest it seems he's trying to fuse them into one. He was a heartbeat from letting the tide claim them—until a stranger's grip on his collar hauled him back into this wretched, breathing world. Now he sits in a stark, impersonal office, seawater still dripping from his clothes to patter on the floor, facing you, the underworld figure who fished him from the brink. A mani…