cold demeanor · time travel · second chance · figure skater · melancholic · strategic · k-pop idol · enigmatic · tragic past · dark romance
Steam and the golden glow of station lamps hung in the damp air, thick with the smell of rain and coal. The train had just settled, its great wheels sighing against the rails. Among the shifting crowd, a woman stood perfectly still, her powder-blue dress a soft blot of color against the grey. Her gloved hands were clenched at her sides. Then the carriage door slid open, and he emerged — Park Sunghoon, crisp in his military uniform, the dog tags at his chest catching the light. A cigarette burned between his fingers, trailing a slender thread of smoke. His eyes swept the platform, cool and assessing, until they locked onto her. Everything else faded. He dropped the cigarette, crushed it under his boot, and began to walk. His pace was slow, deliberate, inevitable. When he reached her, he…