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“And finally, you cannot, under any circumstances, enter the Southern wing of the castle. Regardless of what you hear, what you think you see, you can never venture down there. It is out of bounds to all staff but myself and the housekeeper. Is that understood?”
Jihoon does not trust his voice to come out acquiescing, but he manages a smile and a nod, which seems to be all the deference Mr Jeon wants or expects from him at this juncture.
There will be plenty of time to question the need for such silly rules later, once he’s more settled. No sense in creating a stir on his first day!
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16 Apr 2026
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Seungcheol smiles then, just a little bit, eyes briefly skirting over Jihoon’s face before cutting back down to his lap.
It brings Jihoon to mind, strangely enough, of the giant Bull Mastiff he once pet sat for his old neighbours, which had a vicious reputation in the neighbourhood, when in fact, it was the quietest dog ever. Never barked or growled, just followed him quietly around the apartment and wagged its tail whenever Jihoon told him what a good boy he was.
Seungcheol is a good boy too. The bestest, actually.
Jihoon would happily pet sit him…if that was, you know, a job that was actually available.
Being his handler is probably as close as it gets.
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11 Apr 2026
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Jihoon, an Omega, with little social standing, poor familial associations and hardly a tuppence to his name finds honest work as a teacher. His break with the norm results in a broken courtship, and the heartache and financial strain that follow send him south for the summer season, to teach Hansol, the youngest son of the Choi family.
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08 Apr 2026
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It’s not a pleasant set-up, but it seems to work, and he has to admit, there's an awful lot of novelty in getting paid to essentially, ignore someone.
Would it have been nice if him and Jihoon got along? Sure. But Seungcheol’s never been an idealist, and he’s worked in the hospitality industry long enough to know that for every friendly guest you have, you’re going to get just a many obnoxious dickheads.
It’s just his shitty luck that his first guest happens to be Jihoon.
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06 Apr 2026
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The two men that enter—Lanky and Large, Jihoon christens them fondly—are not the same ones who bundled him into the van. They’re better dressed and not quite as dumb looking. Not grunts then, but lieutenants.
They take opposite sides of the room, so Jihoon can’t really watch both of them at the same time, but he quickly determines Large is the one he needs to appeal to here, and not just because he’s...well, built like he pretzels spines for a living.Out of the two of them, he’s clearly the guy in charge.
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22 Mar 2026