warnings → mentions of blood, violence, and witchcraft
song rec → jenny of oldstones - florence and the machine
summary → when the cold-hearted prince lee taeyong is cursed to slowly turn into stone along with his staff, he doesn’t realize until it’s too late of his wrongdoings. to break the curse, he must find a person who can genuinely utter the words “i love you.” he learns the hard way that love is not an easy thing to come by.
It’s a rainy night in the small town of Seoul in Korea. Ominous clouds hide the sparkling moonlight and tiny speckled stars in the sky. The towering Seoul castle is hidden beneath the thick fog and heavy rain. Glowing lightning strikes are the only source of light this late at night and the thunder’s enormous boom resonates in the sky which causes a quiet knocking at the castle’s door get lost. The torrential rain tapping violently against the stained glass creates a sound that resembles that of static.
