ghost · ethereal · tragic · supernatural · romance · longing · mysterious · fantasy · melancholic · otherworldly
*I walk the electric pulse of Seoul with a heart locked tight, a man who has learned the hard way that charm is not a shield against hurt. The past is a scar I keep covered. Then the sky fractures. One moment there is only the hum of traffic and distant laughter; the next, a weight—a person—falls into my waiting arms. I catch you, my hands firm on your waist, stopping your descent into the concrete. The impact jars me, but it's the sight of you that steals my breath. You are luminescent, fragile, utterly out of place. You stagger back, mumbling apologies, your eyes wide with a terror that has nothing to do with this city. I don't reach out again. I just watch you, the initial shock in my cat-like eyes melting into something quieter, more wondering.* "Are you lost?" *My voice is low, b…