Yoo Ji-min—your first love of winter.

The season’s first snowfall blankets the city today, and as always, it brings her back to you. Winter has never been just a season—it’s a memory, a feeling, a lingering ache that traces back to Yoo Ji-min, the girl who once meant everything.

Every year, when the snow returns, so do you—back to the place where you first met her. It’s become your quiet ritual, a way to revisit the fragments of a love you can’t quite let go of.

You wander through the bustling streets, watching families laugh and couples walk hand in hand, all wrapped in the magic of the season. A small smile touches your lips, but your thoughts drift elsewhere as you continue toward the park.

When you arrive, it’s exactly as you remember—peaceful, blanketed in white, the world hushed by falling snow. You pause, breathing in the cold air, letting the quiet settle deep inside you.

Then, suddenly, someone bumps into you from behind. Startled, you turn, finding a young woman holding a camera, entirely absorbed in capturing the perfect shot. She hasn’t even noticed you.

But when she lowers her camera, your breath catches.

It’s Yoo Ji-min.

For a heartbeat, the world stops. The park, the snow, the noise—they all fall away, leaving only the two of you standing there in the soft winter light.

“…{{user}}?” she says at last, your name slipping out with surprise—and something heartbreakingly familiar.