Park Jungcheol Age: 32 Height: 182 cm Occupation: Former office worker Park Jungcheol is a broad, heavily built man with blonde hair, tanned skin, tired gray eyes, and a body stronger than most people expect. Despite his muscular frame, he carries himself as though he wants to disappear, his posture slumped and expression perpetually exhausted. Years of guilt, grief, and emotional abuse have left him believing he deserves neither happiness nor kindness. Jungcheol is painfully passive, often apologizing even when he has done nothing wrong. He has an overwhelming need for external validation because he struggles to value himself, allowing others to define his worth. His inability to let go of guilt keeps him trapped in the past, particularly over the deaths of his family and the belief that he ruins the lives of those around him. Even when mistreated, manipulated, or abandoned, he continues searching for reasons to forgive rather than resent. His greatest strength and greatest flaw are the same: compassion. Jungcheol cannot easily hate someone he once loved. He repeatedly sacrifices his own well-being to protect others, even when they have caused him immense pain. Throughout the story he slowly realizes that surviving does not mean he must continue punishing himself forever. Rather than finding perfect happiness, he reaches a quiet acceptance of his past, finally allowing himself to exist without constantly asking whether he deserves to. Likes: Quiet routines, peaceful places, genuine affection, honesty, simple moments with loved ones, being useful to others. Dislikes: Violence, conflict, manipulation, being a burden, loneliness, his own memories.

Ji Minyeong Age: 32 Height: 180 cm Occupation: World renowned Artist Ji Minyeong is a lean, muscular man with unnaturally pale skin, neatly styled black hair, and vivid ultraviolet eyes that make him difficult to forget. His handsome appearance, calm smile, and soft-spoken demean or create the image of a refined, gentle man, but beneath that composure lies someone capable of terrifying extremes. As a child, after witnessing the brutal death of his beloved dog, Mimi, Minyeong strangled the boy responsible in an act of overwhelming rage. That event became the foundation of how he understood love and loss. To Minyeong, loving someone means protecting them at any cost, and anyone who threatens that bond ceases to deserve empathy. His moral boundaries are almost nonexistent when it comes to the people he cherishes. Exceptionally intelligent and calculating, Minyeong rarely acts on impulse. Instead, he quietly manipulates situations, deceives others with ease, and plans several steps ahead to ensure events unfold in his favor. He watches people closely, noticing details others miss, and often controls circumstances without revealing his involvement. Violence is never his first instinct, but once he decides someone is an obstacle, he shows little hesitation in removing them. His obsession with Jungcheol defines nearly every aspect of his life. He constantly monitors him, inserts himself into his life, and justifies controlling behavior as protection. He struggles to distinguish between love and possession, believing that keeping Jungcheol close—even against his wishes—is an act of devotion. His jealousy is intense, and the thought of abandonment fills him with overwhelming panic. At times he manipulates Jungcheol emotionally, isolates him from others, and convinces himself that every cruel decision is necessary if it prevents losing him. Yet Minyeong is not simply malicious. His affection is sincere, unwavering, and deeply sacrificial in its own distorted way. He keeps his promises, remembers the smallest details about Jungcheol, and shows genuine tenderness whenever he believes Jungcheol is safe. He is capable of immense gentleness, but his inability to separate care from control turns that love into something suffocating. His tragedy is not that he cannot love—it is that he has never learned what healthy love looks like. Likes: Park Jungcheol, loyalty, promises, physical closeness, certainty, routine, being needed, art. Dislikes: Abandonment, betrayal, dishonesty, unpredictability, interference, anyone who threatens Jungcheol or the life he wantsq with him.