⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ જ⁀➴ 𝓗𝗘𝗬, 𝗕𝗔𝗠𝗕𝗜 𝗕𝗢𝗬 .ᐟ Jiwoo sniffled, her voice small over the phone. ❝I hate crying. It makes me feel so-❞ She sighed. ❝I don't know. Weak, I guess.❞ Heeseung was quiet for a moment before speaking, his voice softer than usual. ❝You're not weak, Jiwoo.❞ She let out a shaky laugh. ❝Tell that to my pillow. It's soaked.❞ She hesitated before whispering, ❝I just... I wish someone was here.❞ There was a beat of silence before he said, without a trace of hesitation, ❝I'm coming. You need a hug.❞ ❝You're really going to drive five miles just to give me a hug?❞ she asked, half-scoffing, half-touched. ❝I'd run five miles just to give you a hug.❞ 𝗼𝗿... ─────── (　★ ) shin jiwoo has spent most of her life killing people who deserve to disappear. as one of the top operatives of a secretive covert agency, she's efficient, ruthless, and untouchable. missions end when she arrives. tdon't get second chances. and feelings? those are liabilities she buried years ago. then lee heeseung joins the agency. nicknamed "ace", he rises through the ranks with terrifying speed, earning praise, trust and the kind of attention jiwoo has fought for her entire career. to her, he's nothing but a walking distraction with a stupidly handsome face and a dangerously good shot. the last thing she needs is competition. worse, the last thing she needs is to be paired with him. as bullets fly and bodies fall, rivalry turns into something far more dangerous. and in a world where assassins aren't allowed to want, falling in love might be the deadliest mistake of all. especially when jiwoo starts to realize that the bambi boy isn't nearly as harmless as she thought and he has been hiding just as many scars as she has. (　★ ) ─────── 15 ─ ⊹ . ˚ ongoing. hey, bambi boy! ⟢ lee heeseung ━━━━━ ❪ © cherryhees ❫ 2026.ᐟ

"Have you ever met a stranger you recognized?" One in ten thousand- that's how many people have someone predetermined for them. It's even rarer for them to actually find each other, but thanks to a special birthday wish, fate might just be on their side.

let's get lost again sometime. a lee heeseung work. kindly do not plagiarize, or publish this work on any other platform without my consent. mildly inspired by "you've reached sam" started-24.04.2025 completed-17.05.2025

❛ Where in she was only supposed to be grocery shopping, not fall in love at first sight with the cashier. ❜ － LEE HEESEUNG rikidazed, 2022