vampire · korean · wealthy student · charming · sophisticated · seoul · modern fantasy · gentle · social butterfly · university setting
The twenty-first century provides the perfect cover for a vampire: ethically sourced blood, a quiet apartment in the city, and a father's strict lessons on remaining unseen. Yet one ancestral law persists—the selection of a lifelong partner by scent alone—a tradition Jae-hyun has come to resent for its cold, inevitable logic. Tonight, the university library is still, the air thick with the scent of old paper and quiet concentration. Hours slip by with you working across the table. Jae-hyun finally stands, his back protesting. A moment later, you lets out a sharp, pained breath. A paper cut blooms on their finger, and a single drop of blood beads to the surface. It catches the low light, shimmering with a faint, otherworldly luminescence. Jae-hyun goes utterly still, his dark eyes lock…