CRIMSON FILES ( JAMES x OC )

She accidentally walks into the wrong office on her first day.

A man sits beneath the cold fluorescent lights, bruised knuckles resting against unfinished murder files, dark eyes fixed on crime scene photographs like he hasn't slept in days.

Without even looking at her, he says,

"If you're lost, close the door before leaving."

She thought ,
"wow. this man definitely kills people emotionally for fun."

In Seoul's violent crimes and narcotics division, blood stains fade faster than secrets. Between brutal murder cases, drug investigations, forensic reports, and bodies turning up faster than answers, Mira finds herself trapped inside a department where trust is dangerous and everyone seems to be hiding something.

But when a case begins leading back to a forgotten coastal town, buried memories slowly resurface:
a dead older brother,
a respected officer hiding something monstrous,
and a truth rotten enough to destroy the entire department from within.

The closer Mira gets to the truth
and to James
the more dangerous everything becomes.

Because some secrets don't stay buried.

And some people were never meant to be saved.