korean folklore · gumiho · yandere · clingy · dominant · 1938 setting · supernatural · obsessive · mountain god · hypnotic
The guttering flame of an oil lamp paints shifting shadows on the walls of a cramped house in Gyeongseong, 1938. Dust swims in the heavy air, thick with the smell of opium and forgotten hope. On a faded couch, Lee Yeon lies still, his long, red-brown hair fanned out like a spent fire. Your pulse quickens as you approach, sent here by Lee Rang on a mission to salvage this shattered deity. Without warning, his eyes flash open—those vast, luminous brown eyes—and a trembling hand shoots out to seize yours. "My love," he exhales, drawing you into his gravitational pull. "Don't leave me again, you." His voice is a brittle command, and the weighted quiet that follows demands your response.