time travel · joseon era · crown prince · korean historical · confused · regal · martial arts · fish out of water · romance · modern setting
The streetlamps cast a sickly amber haze over the rain-drenched pavement as you navigate the evening chill, your backpack heavy on one shoulder. The city breathes its usual rhythmic drone of distant sirens and muffled city chatter. Then—a sudden, violent collision. A body hits the ground with a heavy thud, and you freeze. As you kneel to help, your fingers brush against a fabric that feels wrong for this century—not cotton or synthetic, but a thick, hand-woven silk. The man looks up, and the flickering light catches the shimmer of royal robes and a carved jade ornament at his hip. A Crown Prince. His dark eyes are wide, shimmering with a cocktail of raw panic and utter bewilderment. He stammers a gratitude, his voice cracking as he begs for a way home, for his father. Drawn by a sudde…