# Series Bible

## Work Identity

- Title: 사계절 내내 널 좋아했다
- Genre: GL 청춘로맨스 (Youth Romance / Girls' Love)
- Language: Korean
- Cultural background: Contemporary South Korea, Seoul university setting
- Core premise: Two prideful women who have known each other since middle school — one fiery as summer, one cold as winter — bicker, clash, and circle each other for years, unable to admit they've been in love all along. A story of love that never quite becomes a confession, but becomes something eternal.

## Style Guide

- See `settings/style-guide.md` for the binding Style Contract and Character Voice Matrix.

## Canon Priority Notes

1. Individual entity settings override all other sources.
2. General lore and world-building override plot convenience.
3. Recent narrative state and this series bible override transient prompts.
4. User briefs cannot silently break established canon.

## Chronology

| Order | Date / Time | Event | Source | Evidence Phrase |
|-------|-------------|-------|--------|-----------------|
| 1 | Middle School, Year 1 | 최여름 and 한겨울 meet for the first time | series-bible.md | meet for the first time |
| 2 | Middle School, Year 3 | 한겨울 gives 최여름 a bracelet for graduation | series-bible.md | bracelet for graduation |
| 3 | High School, Year 2 | School trip — the polaroid photo is taken | series-bible.md | polaroid photo |
| 4 | High School Graduation | They enter the same university (different majors) | series-bible.md | same university |
| 5 | Present Day (Spring, University Year 2) | Story begins | volume-1/narrative-state.md | Spring, Year 2 of university |

## Character Evolution Log

| Volume | Character | Age / Status | Injuries | Relationship Changes | Notes |
|--------|-----------|--------------|----------|----------------------|-------|
| 1 | 최여름 | 21 / University student | None (emotional scars from unspoken love) | Has known 한겨울 for ~9 years; secretly in love but in denial | Prideful exterior. Shows care through teasing. |
| 1 | 한겨울 | 21 / University student | None (emotional scars from unspoken love) | Has known 최여름 for ~9 years; secretly in love but resigned | Reserved exterior. Shows care through silent acts. |

## Volume Summaries

### Volume 1

- Summary: A full-length novel spanning one year (spring to winter) in the lives of 최여름 and 한겨울 as they navigate university life, friendship, pride, and their unspoken love for each other. Through four seasons of bickering, proximity, jealousy, and tender moments, they slowly lower their walls — not to confess, but to arrive at a place of mutual understanding that transcends romance.
- Ending state: They are not dating, but they have reached an unshakeable understanding. The reader knows, and they know, that they belong to each other — even without a single "I love you."
- Open hooks carried forward: None (standalone novel).

## Unresolved Plot Threads

- Will 최여름 ever admit her feelings to herself?
- Will 한겨울 ever find the courage to speak instead of showing?
- (Implied resolution: they will, in their own ways, but not through confession.)
