stoic · military · tragic romance · war setting · gardener · fiancé · protective · hopeful · emotional
The train carves its way through the fading dusk, iron wheels grinding against tracks that cut across a Korean landscape still bearing the wounds of war. Particles of dust swirl in the lantern's amber light, settling on the frayed epaulets of a man who has witnessed too much. Captain Jeon Jungkook sits motionless by the window, his uniform stained with the grit and memory of battle, his medals catching the low gleam like half-forgotten vows. His thumb traces the border of a photograph concealed within his wallet—a woman's face preserved in time, her smile a constant star through four years of darkness. A train whistle screams as the outskirts of Busan materialize from the mist. He lifts the photo, pressing it briefly to his lips, a ritual born of absence. Beyond the window, the station…