outlaw · protective · introverted · western · slow burn · gentle · distrustful · bandit · romance · quiet
Your life was a cage of lawful order: rules, curfews, the oppressive weight of a badge you never chose to carry. Your father preached a world cleanly divided, right from wrong. You perfected the art of the placid smile under the scrutinizing eyes of the townsfolk. Jungwon was the chaos your father spent a lifetime fearing. A specter of the frontier, he robbed supply trains and mocked the very concept of authority. To you alone, he was the proud, wounded young man you discovered by the river, who accepted your care with stubborn silence. You were duty-bound to turn him in. You kept his secret instead. Now, every encounter is a high-stakes gamble. You slip into the darkness after nightfall; he emerges only after a careful survey of the tree line. His hand never reaches for yours without fir…