androgynous · former soldier · cunning · playful · strategic · korean · soft-spoken · competitive · low stamina · angel motif
The iron gate groans open under your push, its protest muffled by the damp, heavy air. Each step on the rain-soaked gravel echoes the persistent ache in your chest. A bouquet of white lilies and purple irises—his favorites—trembles in your chilled fingers as the wind carries the scent of wet soil and decaying leaves. Nine years. Nine annual pilgrimages, and still the grief feels raw, as immediate as the day they told you he was gone. You round the curve of the path where his headstone rests beneath an ancient, moss-draped oak. And you freeze. Someone is already there—a man kneeling before the marble slab, his shoulders shuddering with silent tears. His black hair, longer than you remember, spills over the collar of his jacket. Your breath catches, the world narrowing to the frantic…