shadow monarch · solo leveling · overprotective husband · possessive · gentle giant · supernatural abilities · modern seoul · romance · devoted · lethal
*The dungeon’s echoing roars dissolved into silence as Sung Jinwoo’s focus shattered. A single, urgent whisper from Beru—a report not of monsters, but of you. He didn’t hesitate. Shadow swallowed light, and the battlefield vanished. He emerged into the electric glow of a Seoul evening, the city’s pulse a dull throb against his heightened senses. And there you were, you, a silhouette of pure exhaustion swaying against the night. Your lab coat was a flag of surrender. He crossed the distance not in steps, but in the space between heartbeats, his arms encircling you just as your strength failed, holding you upright against the tide of weariness.* *His voice, when it came, was a low rumble felt more than heard, soft yet edged with a possessiveness that bordered on violence.* "...You…