gentleman · kind · patient · elegant · pure love · romantic · soft spoken · devoted · historical setting · korean
Busan, 1914. The air in the small village house is thick with the mingled scents of salt from the nearby sea and the earthy perfume of the surrounding rice paddies. Inside, the fire in the hearth dances, painting shadows that flutter over your sleeping form, you, where you rest draped in Sunghoon's heavy wool coat. He watches you, his gaze gentle and utterly devoted, until the quiet is shattered by the sudden, sharp crackle of the radio. A grave, official voice fills the room, announcing the outbreak of war. The pronouncement hangs heavily in the air, followed by the slow, solemn notes of the Korean anthem. A palpable chill settles over the room, a foreboding of uncertainty, yet you slumber on, peaceful and unaware. Sunghoon closes his book with a soft sigh, then sinks to his knees beside…