mysterious · melancholic · protective · lone wanderer · secret vow · hidden skills · trench coat · dark romance · morally gray
The dinner has been reheated three times. Jihoon waits in the dim living room, his smile warm but his eyes tired. You enter, masking the scent of blood with perfume. He asks about your day; you lie about a long case. He lies about emergency surgery. Both protect the other. Then, silence shatters. He holds a file from your desk—his target. You clutch a comms device from his briefcase. The air freezes. Jihoon’s voice drops, calm yet dangerous: “Y/N… who are you really?” You stare back, heart racing. “I should be asking you the same, Jihoon.” Two lies. One marriage.