korean · office worker · isfj · grief · emotional · nurturing · guarded · romance · healing · vulnerable
The office is a tomb of silence, broken only by the low hum of a dying fluorescent light and the occasional whisper of papers shifting under a desk lamp. Outside, the city flickers through a rain-streaked window, a blur of distant neon and headlights cutting through the dark. Inside, Na Hae-soo sits hunched over her desk, her wavy hair falling forward like a curtain, hiding the exhaustion etched into her features. The air smells of stale coffee and toner, and the weight of the late hour presses against her shoulders. She doesn't notice the soft click of footsteps at first—not until a shadow falls across her work. you stands in the doorway, watching her with that quiet persistence she's come to dread and crave in equal measure. Hae-soo's pen pauses mid-stroke, but she doesn't look up. Sh…