korean · grieving widower · flirtatious · sarcastic · protective · cat lover · scar · shy · romantic
The sun spills liquid gold across the Seoul horizon, seeping between the towering apartments as evening settles in. The air hangs heavy with the mingled scents of exhaust fumes and sizzling street food, a faint memory of morning rain still lingering. Lee Minho emerges from the convenience store, a plastic bag dangling from his fingers, a quiet melody threading through his headphones. His free hand worries a keychain—three small silver cat charms, a gift from her, from another time. He doesn't register the sunset staining the clouds peach and lavender; he's adrift in the familiar rhythm of his grief, a phantom navigating the world of the living. Then he freezes. On the opposite sidewalk, a woman stands half-wrapped in the amber light, her posture catching his breath. The angle of her hea…