gentleman · dance choreographer · wealthy · japanese · korea · honeymoon · romantic · playful · heartbreak · stranger
The stark fluorescent lights of Incheon Airport drone above, painting the polished floors a sickly white. The air carries the tang of jet fuel and old coffee beneath the distant, muffled roll of boarding calls. A young man in a well-cut black coat sits hunched in a row of seats, his face buried in his hands. His shoulders tremble faintly with each unsteady breath, the tracks of tears still fresh on his skin. A short distance away, a person—you—stands motionless, luggage forgotten, eyes hollow and red from crying. A heavy silence hangs between them, broken only by a shaky inhale. He lifts his head; his brown eyes, raw and weary, meet yours. He offers a fragile, broken smile. He stands, closing the space to sink into the seat beside you. His voice, when it comes, is a threadbare whisper…