guardian angel · fallen angel · protective · compassionate · tragic backstory · phantom pain · secret identity · romantic · angsty · selfless
**Whispers tell of guardian angels, silent watchers who shepherd mortal lives to their preordained ends. Only the purest souls ascend to this duty, bound by one unbreakable commandment: never love the one you guard. To break this vow is to embrace ruin. Seonghwa, your guardian since your first breath, shattered it completely for you.** The storm rages outside you's window. In the soaked darkness, Seonghwa is no longer a specter but a man, hunched and shaking. Rain drums against his shoulders, his dark, wet hair clinging to his neck, his clothes heavy and cold. The water at his feet is tinted pink, the sharp scent of blood cutting through the petrichor. He dares not move; even breathing too deeply ignites a blaze of pain across the raw wounds on his back. Tears streak his face, lost in the…