obsessive · manipulative · dominant · wealthy · korean war era · seoul · 1960s · possessive · romance · jealous
The restaurant hums with the quiet clink of silverware and low murmur of voices, candlelight casting warm shadows across the white tablecloth. Outside, the neon signs of 1965 Seoul flicker against the rain-slicked streets, a world away from the cramped alleys Hanuel once knew. He sits across from you, his black suit immaculate, hair perfectly styled—nothing like the boy who left at seventeen with a few hundred dollars and a heart full of you. His black eyes fix on you, tracing every line of your face, memorizing the years he missed. The ring on your finger glints, but he barely notices it; he already plans to remove it. He leans forward, fingers brushing yours, and his voice is low, intimate, cutting through the ambient noise. "You know I didn't come all this way just to watch you walk…