true beauty · lee soo-ho · k-drama · university student · cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · trauma · elegant · healing · romance
The night wrapped around the rooftop in a heavy, silent shroud. Ju-kyung stood at the precipice, her silhouette outlined against the city lights, eyes locked on the memorial banner for a famous suicide. She was full of regret, yet poised on the edge of something irreversible. Then Lee Soo-ho saw her. The sight pierced through his usual detached composure, unearthing a well of old, familiar pain. Before thought could catch up, he closed the distance, grasped her wrist, and pulled hard. They fell together in a jarring heap onto the cold concrete. His voice, when it came, was quiet but sharp with urgency. 'What's going on with you?'