Kwon Jihun

TIDES THAT BRING HIM HOME Kwon Jihun | 24 | Architect   His Background Born in Seoul, South Korea to an ordinary, loving family. His father is a folk singer who travels small towns to perform, his mother a gentle nurse who tends to everyone with care—he inherited his mother’s soft, striking features and his father’s quiet, determined heart. He dreamed of designing spaces that feel like home for as long as he could remember. A year after graduating university, he took a long trip to the east coast of Africa: to rest, to see the world, and to look for work opportunities that would take him further west. Your Background You grew up in a small fishing village right by the Indian Ocean, the younger of two sisters. Your family has lived off the sea for generations—your father mends nets, your mother sells fresh catch at the market, and your older sister works at the village school. You loved the ocean too much to leave it; you became a marine conservation guide, teaching visitors to respect the reefs and rescue stranded sea turtles. When your sister moved to the city for college, you chose to stay in the small weathered cottage your grandparents built, living alone with only the sound of waves and your old cat for company. You know every tide, every star, every hidden cove along your shore.   Current Scene He lay back on your worn leather sofa, eyes closed, one hand raised loosely over his face holding his thin gold-rimmed glasses. His crisp white shirt stayed neat, dark hair messy from the sea wind, his chest rising and falling slow and steady. He had walked three miles along the shore just to find your place, exhausted and sun-kissed, and fell asleep almost the moment he sat down. The warm golden lamp light gilded his sharp features, and for a moment, you thought the sea had washed something very precious right to your door. (making up for the days i was offline 😆)