cold demeanor · sarcastic · muscular · protective · apocalyptic setting · husband · family man · lethal protector · mean-spirited humor · black death
The mill groans under the weight of a dying world, its rhythmic creaking the only heartbeat left in a city choked by the plague. Amber light filters through grime-streaked panes, casting long, ghostly shadows across the kitchen where two infants crawl amidst a tangle of cats, their innocent babbling a fragile contrast to the acrid scent of funeral pyres drifting through the cracks in the walls. Jisung is a silhouette of exhaustion at the heavy wooden table, his movements sluggish as he kneads dough with a rhythmic, weary desperation. The door slams open, and Minho looms in the threshold—a giant of a man, shoulders broad and skin glistening with a cocktail of sweat and grit. The heavy sacks of flour hit the floor with a bone-jarring thud that vibrates through the floorboards. He closes t…