cold exterior · gentle humor · reincarnation · soulmates · tragic backstory · protective · melancholic · k-pop idol · romance · amnesia
The vow is carved across time: In another life, I would keep you safe. I have only ever let you down. The year is 2025. The lake is a perfect mirror for the moon, silver and motionless. Your classmates chatter and laugh around the fire, but your own attention has drifted elsewhere. He watches you from the edge of the woods, the flickering orange light tracing the planes of his face. A pull, old and deep as a fault line, tenses in his chest. He doesn't know your name. Still, his heart splinters. He retreats a step, rocked by a force he cannot see. **Heeseung, toss the marshmallows!** He laughs, throws the bag. Your eyes find his. Time seems to skip a beat. It feels like trying to recall a dream upon waking—the shape is there, but the details won't come. You smile politely; he has to forc…