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@magdvlene | in the end, jihoon always finds himself coming back to her.

or at least, that's what he concludes when his eyes fall upon her after over a year since their separation. he doesn't think of himself as particularly religious, not the type to think there is a plan that everyone needs to follow, but he's open to believing that things do happen for a reason, falls into place a certain way.

he also isn't a familiar face within the club scene, feeling stilted amongst the obscure lighting and hedonistic proclivities. but what coaxes him is the potential building of camaraderie with his fellow models, an invitation that extends to him after a shoot wraps up for the day. fifteen minutes after their entrance and already halfway down his manhattan, jihoon still feels like a fish out of water, hesitant of what to do or how to even appear natural in this environment; something that he's chided about from his peers but ends up laughing off. it's about an hour in that his eyes pick up on the sight of jinah ⏤ not only him, but his peers and probably half of the patrons of the establishment as well. it's obvious to almost everyone that she's strung out, the echoes of an argument intermingling within the reverberations of music. however, the man she's being reckless with is almost twice her size, and the sight of that alone has his spine straightening in his seat, gaze direct at the altercation but not moving. not just yet. with the expiration of their relationship jihoon isn't sure if his presence would only engender a worse outcome than what's transpiring at the moment. the friend next to him says some smart comment that doesn't even make it to his ears, falling to the wayside.

when things seem to escalate to the point that the burly men in black start making their way over, he finds himself almost springing over without a second thought; elongated legs allowing him to stride over in hopes of turning down the temperature and taking her away from the commotion. and it's only whenever he comes into full view of jinah that his breath hitches, that same constriction within his lungs that he used to sustain when she would show up to dates or important in the same state, especially after she would state that it was the last time. it's also that same idea of it's a disease that reiterates within his mind that, something that also gives him a sense of tunnel vision, doesn't allow him to give up on her, always kept him coming back. it's what courses through him as he wedges his way between the men and jinah, energizing him enough to enunciate back the fuck up and what the hell is wrong with you? at the man bucking up to a small woman, and assuring the bouncers that she's going to leave. it's then that he turns to his ex-girlfriend, an ambivalent grin blooming upon his features as he takes her by the wrist, leading her away for a bit, "jinah, hey," tone tender as it was a year ago, "this is a lot, let me take you home. can you make it to the car or should i carry you?" he questions, hoping that she will acquiesce his request just this once. he swallows, bending at the waist to level with her as he drinks in every feature, heart drooping at the sight, "let me help you. you don't have to see me again after this if you want."

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helloooo it's selene once again! and listed under things i should not be doing but am doing anyway ⏤ is roh jihoon, former olympic skater and now he's just some dude trying to live a nice life, supposedly. he's kind of a loser but please love my son anyways LOL anywho, his profile and background are ready to go for the most part, but i'm gonna try hard to give y'all a sparknotes version because that bio is too damn long. also some plots too. please like this post and i'll come to you and as always, disc is preferred for plotting!

⏤ TL;DR

comes from a family of politicians and automobile makers, think hyundai & kia. dad is a politician who attempted to run for president once before, mom is a news anchor, sister is a well known actress. image is everything ofc so he knows he has to be something great

he takes to figure skating when he is young because he's good at it, much to his father's chagrin about it not being a man's sport or whatever. regardless he puts his all into it because that's what he's taught, and everything that does not involve being in the rink he doesn't care about tbh.

childhood and teenagerdom is rather uneventful, so fast forward to nineteen where one of his competition pieces ends up going viral mainly b/c of his looks and not talent. the attention he receives overnight is annoying especially he feels like his "fans" don't really care about his craft, but his skating federation loves it and wants to strike the iron while it's hot, getting brand and commercial gigs ( mainly for sports / fitness things ) and becoming male singles skating's current posterboy.

fast forward again when he's 21, ends up making the korean national team and securing a silver medal in the olympics. his career is booming, and even he has to admit that it's nice. people think he could easily get a gold next go around.

due to his fame his coach ends up getting a slew of new hopefuls to train under him, and he takes a liking to one named kiwoo who almost has an innate ability for skating. however, it turns out because of all the attention he's getting he's also being violently bullied for a while. when kiwoo gets hospitalized jihoon decides to step in.

gives medical records to his coach, tries reporting it to the higher ups, nothing. he doesn't know if the bullies are being protected or if this is just the way it is but he isn't having it and ends up in a fist fight with both bullies next time they're in the locker room together. when he reports that incident to the higher ups, and investigation is had when makes him think something might get done. instead during the interview portion they end up dismissing it, saying he's making something out of nothing and trying to get him to sign an nda along with some bribes for his silence. jihoon says i think the fuck not and immediately announces his retirement instead. it's definitely sudden and leaves a lot of his fans confused, but he's disgusted and no longer has a passion to skate anymore.

dude can't take this sitting down so he tries to get some vindication by sending in the info that he assaulted his juniors to gossip girl, in hopes that the public will look past the what and want to know why. but they don't look past the what, and his image is effectively tarnished. the pretty much loses all his deals, and gets in a severe argument with his father which ends up in a slap and jihoon being forced to study abroad so he won't cause any more shit. doesn't help that his federation are acting like they did their jobs and forced him to retire as punishment.

while he's away some whistleblowers come out with more stories on corruption within the korean figure skating federation, which launches a full blown investigation by the national intelligence service. kiwoo is one of them, who reveals the motivation behind jihoon's actions and that he voluntarily retired because of it. in terms of his public image it helps somewhat ⏤ some people can understand how he did what he did, while others think that he's still wrong and doesn't want to see him.

anyway he's returns when he's 25 and because gossip girl is gone, no one knows or cares LOL. he doesn't go back to figure skating and spends the his time finishing up his degree. his family leaves him be for a year before forcing him back in the spotlight though ( because you gotta be great ofc ), his sister pulling strings to get him a modeling contract. he's kind of the person that also lets life happen to him and he's not doing anything else of merit after graduating college, so why not.

within the last year he's gotten a job as a personal trainer, because he has bulked tf up while in america and enjoys working out a positive way to release his stress; and for once, he actually enjoys what he does!

and yeah that's it! sorry that was not sparknotes but i did my best! fjslkfjds

⏤ PLOTS

former fans? or people who think that his good guy persona is fake after his scandal has come to light?

or people who just don't like him because despite being nice he can be too tactless with his words and unintentionally might hurt feelings

some neighbor plots would be super cute tho! he doesn't do anything so he'd be a good neighbor on top of being able to like fix shit or kill bugs or whatever because he's very capable!

give me exes or former / current situationships? or even crushes? jihoon is Not a perceptive man and you'll have to spell out your feelings for him in order for him to get it LMFAO

but in the same vein also interested in him coming back to high school exes that he essentially ignored b/c he was so focused on his career and he would like to make it up to them somehow

someone that tries to get him to live his life and stop following the commands of others! he's on his way there but needs a little push

also bad influence, or someone that takes advantage of his kindness and he may know this but? he's not a doormat but why doesn't he put an end to it? could also be someone he keeps coming back to even though he shouldn't

or on the other end someone that he keeps bickering with constantly because they always have opposing viewpoints, thinks they're a bad person

hook ups, one night stands, friends with benefits because he has needs LOL but maybe one he fell for too and it ended terribly and now things are just awkward

someone he can go to for advice?? dude always looks for the best in people and it ends up biting him in the ass, and he just don't be knowing anything so he needs someone he can bring his dumb questions too and won't judge him :(

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Park Jae-eon + hair down – NEVERTHELESS (2021), dir. Joo Sa Hyun

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