"Sanctuary – a word which here means a small, safe place in a troubling world. Like an oasis in a vast desert or an island in a stormy sea." - A Series of Unfortunate Events

That quote, and the idea of a sanctuary in this story, came from a movie that shaped my life in many ways. Certainly it influenced my style of writing and the genres that interest me (see: angst).

My sanctuary is less a physical place and more the world I can escape to through writing and reading. This story was written for my beloved wife, who provides me a wonderful world of stories I can lose myself in; her words are my oasis in a vast desert of life. She is the fluff in my angst-filled world (most of the time), the beacon of light in immense dimness, the Baek to my 'Yeol. As long as she is writing, I always have something to look forward to. And though the same can't be said for me, I feel the need to give something in return at every opportunity in hopes of conveying my tremendous appreciation for all the things she does.

I am very, very happy to have stumbled upon her nearly a year ago. She not only gives me faith in fanfiction (and makes my standards for everyone else, myself included, unreasonably high), but politely accepts all of my insanity in our forced (on her part) marriage. Thank you for allowing me to love you and dote and always expect far more attention than I deserve. You are constantly wonderful to me (even if you treat my babies less than fantastically sometimes; you know who I mean). I know not everything you write is for me, nor is everything I write for you (though I read all your things anyway); however, this story is for you, and you alone, regardless of how many other people will see it. I hope you enjoy it, and it will allow you to put up with me until the next occasion I can write you something. (Aka, I hope you will reconsider divorcing me even though I've spent the past forty days being torturous to you. <3 And I can't forgive you yet for what you're doing to my babies, but I trust you not to ruin their lives forever, and I still love you anway.)

내 사랑하는 아내; 생일축하하고 사랑해요 ㅅ.ㅅ 

Also, I'm sorry for my excessive cheesiness. (Seriously, this is probably the cheesiest thing I've ever done in my life.) It really isn't my style, but your birthday only comes once a year so I have to go all out. I do mean everything I've said, though. <3