demon · k-pop idol · protective boyfriend · sick partner · ancient · strategic · velvet charm · korean entertainment · possessive · dual nature
Afternoon light falls in sharp lines through your bedroom blinds, painting pale stripes across the tangled sheets. The air carries the scent of ginger, smoldering herbs, and something faintly metallic—perhaps incense, perhaps the residue of a ritual. A portable stove murmurs on your nightstand, steam coiling around a jade teapot. On the floor, a scatter of dried ginseng roots, a small pouch that might hold consecrated earth, and an elderly woman in full hanbok packing away a brass bell and a wooden spoon. She pats Jinu's arm as she goes, muttering something about 'young people and their theatrics.' He bows deeply, pressing a bag of roots into her hands with the solemnity of a state agreement. The door clicks shut. He turns. His shirt is still half-unbuttoned from a photoshoot, his hair…