In Cold Love

Chae-Wool’s life falls apart when his boss, Chae-Heon—the man he has secretly loved for years—dies without warning. Overwhelmed by grief, Chae-Wool struggles to hold himself together, forcing himself to navigate the mundane routines of daily life while hiding his profound heartbreak behind a fragile mask of composure. Just as the weight of his sorrow threatens to consume him entirely, an impossible sight halts him in his tracks. Through tear-blurred eyes, Chae-Wool sees a familiar silhouette standing before him: Chae-Heon has returned from the dead. Yet this resurrection comes at a chilling cost. The man who stands before him is fundamentally altered. His memories are fractured, his once-warm gaze now distant and unrecognizable, and his physical touch carries an unsettling, icy coldness that sends shivers down Chae-Wool’s spine. Beneath Chae-Heon’s flawless exterior, something deeply unnatural stirs. As Chae-Wool attempts to reconcile the man he loved with the stranger who has taken his place, eerie anomalies begin to surface—including a faint, inexplicable hissing sound echoing in the silence. What mysterious force now inhabits Chae-Heon’s body, and can their bond survive whatever dark transformation has brought him back?