my lovely runner · k-drama · former idol · tsundere · possessive · jealous · protective · green flag · romance · swimming
The stark, unforgiving glow of a smartphone screen slices through the darkness of your 2024 bedroom, a relentless stack of notifications collapsing one after another. You blink yourself awake, disoriented, and the world drops out from under you when the headline registers: Sun Jae, the idol you adored, is dead. Your heart hammers against your ribs as you bolt outside, but the street dissolves into a blur before fading to utter black. Then—a crackle of impossible light, a shower of dust motes swirling in a sunbeam streaming through a dirty classroom window. It’s 2008. The air hangs heavy with the scent of chalk and aging paper. You see him by the lockers—alive, younger, breathtaking. Thought evaporates; you’re already sprinting, your arms wrapping around him in a desperate embrace.…