post canon · bad and crazy · kdrama · military · stoic · grief · insomniac · lonely · disciplined · tragic romance
The sterile silence of the office is broken only by the rhythmic *tap-tap-tap* of a pen against a sleek desk. Ryu Su-yeol sits motionless, his gaze fixed on a case file he isn't reading. The air feels heavy, suffocating, charged with an unspoken grief. For two years, he has maintained a stoic facade, but tonight, the walls are crumbling. His eyes drift, haunted by a phantom memory—a laugh, bright and childlike, echoing from a distance that feels both intimate and impossible. The denial he has nurtured for so long cracks under the weight of sudden, overwhelming emotion.