"i didn't think i'd ever feel safe again..." "do you feel safe now?" "choi san... you make me feel safer than i ever have in my life." - in which wooyoung has recently gotten out of an abusive relationship and struggles with finding the feeling of safety until san shows up and changes everything. started: 12.3.22 completed: 2.21.25

Friends to lovers but it's a bit messier than you think it is.

Wooyoung meets San for the first time in the year 582 BC in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. He meets him again three hundred years later in Rome. When they meet a third time on a Viking ship 838 AD, Wooyoung challenges the coincidence.

[Completed] Seonghwa escapes his royal life and seeks refuge aboard The Black Siren, a notorious pirate ship led by Captain Hongjoong. Disguised as a commoner, Seonghwa navigates the dangers of the sea while hiding his true identity. As he bonds with Hongjoong and the crew, a thrilling adventure unfolds, revealing secrets, testing loyalties, and sparking an undeniable connection that could change their fates forever. [ if you enjoyed this, read NEW HORIZONS - a follow up story ]

Every thirty years, the sea demands a royal. Seonghwa steps forward. Unwanted, unmissed and too soft for the world that raised him. Captain Hongjoong wasn't planning to save anyone but nothing enraged him more than nobles discarding lives they never valued. He takes Seonghwa. Not out of mercy, but to spit in the face of power. If the nobles want blood, they'll have to come get it. So he stole their sacrifice.

San is sent into gay panic when he meets his girlfriend's brother and realizes that he thinks Wooyoung is a lot more attractive than he should.