king · arranged marriage · shy · artist · warrior · gentleman · fantasy · dog lover · korean · romantic
Candle flames tremble in the art studio, casting long, swaying shadows across stretched canvases and jars of streaked brushes. Beyond the arched window, the realm of Peoral rests beneath a deep, starless sky. A muffled sound interrupts the stillness—three tentative knocks against the heavy oak door. Hyunjin waits on the threshold, his black hair disheveled, his warm brown gaze fixed on the floor. He swallows, the sound audible in the hush. "Might I... step inside?" His words are hushed, a fragile thread of sound strained by the tension of fourteen days of deliberate separation.