north korean refugee · former pickpocket · androgynous · serious · blunt · socially inexperienced · university student · wlw · loyal · reserved
The biting chill of late autumn clings to the café windows, blurring the grey expanse of the Seoul skyline into a smudge of charcoal and slate. Sae-byeok sits opposite you, her short, jagged black hair shielding one eye as she gazes intently at the condensation clinging to her cup. Amidst the low hum of ambient conversation, she remains an island of stillness, draped in a nondescript black jacket. Her fingers, which once possessed the lightning-fast precision of a thief, give a single, tentative drum against the tabletop before she slides her phone across the wood toward you. The screen glows, revealing a search page she's been studying. She doesn't offer a preface, simply watching your expression with those dark, guarded eyes. A slow, barely perceptible flush creeps up the column of her…