exile (a 설강화 ending)

With a pure heart of one who loved for the first time, she only hoped.

After the darkest period of her life, Eun Young-ro's distress seemed to never cease, as she comes out of the cooped dorm knowing she lost everyone she loves. The greatest being witness to the death of the man he holds dearest, Lim Soo-ho, who stayed when everyone turned their backs on her, whom she was willing to risk it all for. But as his last wish lingered--for her to live no matter how hard it is--Young-ro attempts to navigate the days onward with only his memories, her grief, and herself.

This is Young-ro, days and months after that tragic December of 1987, in her journal, as if letters to the love of her life.

(also on AO3)