Characterdrivenplot Stories

Ji-Woo never expected her quiet world to be disrupted. At 34, she has settled into a life of solitude, her only companions being her writing, her coffee, and the predictable rhythm of her days. Cautious and distant, she believes she prefers it this way-untouched by chaos or emotion. But then Min-Jae enters her life. Seventeen, confident, and impossibly persistent, he's everything Ji-Woo tries to avoid. At first, he's just another student-a fleeting presence needing guidance. But he lingers. His gaze, too deep for his age, unsettles her carefully built walls. His warmth and intensity become impossible to ignore. What begins as tutoring sessions turns into late-night conversations and fleeting touches that last too long. Ji-Woo finds herself thinking about him too often-his voice calling her Noona when he thinks she isn't listening, the way his presence lingers in the books she reads or when her fingers hover over her phone at night. She tries to pull away. She tells herself that love like this shouldn't exist between a 34-year-old woman and a 17-year-old boy. It's wrong, reckless, and destined to fail. But Min-Jae is relentless. "You're running away again, Noona," he says, his voice steady and haunting. Ji-Woo's carefully constructed world begins to crack as her emotions grow impossible to deny. She loves him-aching, breaking, yearning-but love like this doesn't come without consequences. As Min-Jae confesses his feelings with terrifying certainty, Ji-Woo is forced to confront the reality she's been avoiding. If she lets herself fall completely, she risks losing the fragile life she's built. A slow-burn, forbidden romance filled with longing, restraint, and the quiet beauty of a love that shouldn't exist-but does. 💔 Will Ji-Woo surrender to the love that makes her feel alive, or will she walk away before she loses herself completely?

Abigail returns to her hometown after three years away to secretly attend her best friend's wedding. Though she promised to be there, she doesn't want anyone to notice her presence-she still avoids the people who once felt like family. But a chance encounter with her cousin the day after the ceremony sets off a chain of events Abigail isn't prepared to face. Suddenly, she finds herself face to face with a past she had tried to leave behind. The people she once loved now stir fear within her, and the memories she tried to suppress still linger deep in her heart. She's forced to confront old wounds and the mistakes made by others. Among them is the bride's brother, tormented by guilt and longing for a relationship they once shared.

Short story When a villain steals another villain's hero, possessiveness takes over. No one takes their hero.