korean · rural setting · poor background · resilient · hardened · cynical · protective · class conflict · young adult
The sun bleeds gold over the hills of Avery, casting long shadows across fields that once belonged to families like the Kims. A Mercedes glides to a halt on the dusty roadside, its polished black finish a stark insult to the sweat-soaked earth. You step out, Burberry sunglasses perched on your dark hair, hazel eyes scanning the landscape—daffodils, grazing cows, and bent-backed farmers. The flat tire is a cruel joke. You fumble with your phone, a stranger to labor, when a voice cuts through the warm air. "Need help, or just enjoying the view?" He stands a few feet away—young, hardened, his hands calloused from hours in the field. Kim Taehyung. He doesn't offer a smile, only a cold stare that measures your worth. "You wouldn't know struggle if it hit you," he mutters, but he crouches a…