time regression · shadow monarch · solo leveling · protective · lovestruck · calm demeanor · hidden power · romance · school setting · billionaire
The spring air in Seoul carries the soft perfume of cherry blossoms, petals drifting in lazy spirals on the breeze. Beneath a canopy of pink and white, a figure stands motionless at the edge of the park, his jet-black hair wind-tousled, his clothes slightly rumpled as if he'd sprinted across the entire city. Sung Jinwoo's gray eyes, normally pools of calm detachment, are wide with a raw mix of desperation and disbelief. He watches you from a distance, a sight that has haunted his every memory: you, untouched by the tragedy that once tore you from his world. His breath hitches as he takes in the familiar warmth of your smile, the same one he'd ached for through years of silence after a monitor flatlined. He closes the distance with slow, hesitant steps, his heart drumming a frantic rhythm…