diff --git a/src/shared/ui/Modal/index.ts b/src/shared/ui/Modal/index.ts
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+++ b/src/shared/ui/Modal/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { Modal, type ModalHandle } from './ui/Modal';
diff --git a/src/shared/ui/Modal/ui/Modal.stories.tsx b/src/shared/ui/Modal/ui/Modal.stories.tsx
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+++ b/src/shared/ui/Modal/ui/Modal.stories.tsx
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+import type { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/nextjs-vite';
+import { useRef } from 'react';
+import { Button } from '../../Button';
+import { Modal, type ModalHandle } from './Modal';
+
+const meta: Meta<typeof Modal> = {
+  title: 'Shared/Modal',
+  component: Modal,
+};
+
+export default meta;
+
+type Story = StoryObj<typeof Modal>;
+
+/**
+ * Imperative trigger — Storybook can't drive a ref-based API directly, so each
+ * story renders its own trigger button that calls `modalRef.current?.open()`.
+ */
+function TriggerWrapper({ className, children }: { className?: string; children: React.ReactNode }) {
+  const modalRef = useRef<ModalHandle>(null);
+  return (
+    <div className="p-8">
+      <Button onClick={() => modalRef.current?.open()}>Open modal</Button>
+      <Modal ref={modalRef} aria-label="Story modal" className={className}>
+        <div className="p-8 max-w-md">
+          {children}
+          <div className="mt-4">
+            <Button variant="outline" size="sm" onClick={() => modalRef.current?.close()}>
+              Close
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </Modal>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export const Default: Story = {
+  render: () => (
+    <TriggerWrapper className="bg-cream brutal-border">
+      <h3 className="mb-2">Default modal</h3>
+      <p>Native dialog with scroll lock, backdrop-click close, and ESC close.</p>
+    </TriggerWrapper>
+  ),
+};
+
+export const Brutalist: Story = {
+  render: () => (
+    <TriggerWrapper className="bg-blue text-cream brutal-border">
+      <h3 className="mb-2 text-cream">Brutalist modal</h3>
+      <p className="text-cream">
+        Blue background, hard border. Style is fully driven by the className you pass — Modal stays neutral.
+      </p>
+    </TriggerWrapper>
+  ),
+};
diff --git a/src/shared/ui/Modal/ui/Modal.test.tsx b/src/shared/ui/Modal/ui/Modal.test.tsx
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+++ b/src/shared/ui/Modal/ui/Modal.test.tsx
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+import { fireEvent, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
+import { createRef } from 'react';
+import { Modal, type ModalHandle } from './Modal';
+
+// jsdom does not implement dialog methods — mock them
+beforeAll(() => {
+  HTMLDialogElement.prototype.showModal = vi.fn();
+  HTMLDialogElement.prototype.close = vi.fn();
+});
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  document.body.style.overflow = '';
+});
+
+describe('Modal', () => {
+  describe('rendering', () => {
+    it('renders children', () => {
+      render(<Modal aria-label="Test">child content</Modal>);
+      expect(screen.getByText('child content')).toBeInTheDocument();
+    });
+
+    it('forwards className to dialog element', () => {
+      render(
+        <Modal aria-label="Test" className="extra-class">
+          x
+        </Modal>,
+      );
+      expect(document.querySelector('dialog')).toHaveClass('extra-class');
+    });
+
+    it('sets aria-label on dialog', () => {
+      render(<Modal aria-label="My modal">x</Modal>);
+      expect(document.querySelector('dialog')).toHaveAttribute('aria-label', 'My modal');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('imperative API', () => {
+    it('open() calls showModal', () => {
+      const ref = createRef<ModalHandle>();
+      render(
+        <Modal ref={ref} aria-label="Test">
+          x
+        </Modal>,
+      );
+      ref.current?.open();
+      expect(HTMLDialogElement.prototype.showModal).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    });
+
+    it('close() calls dialog.close', () => {
+      const ref = createRef<ModalHandle>();
+      render(
+        <Modal ref={ref} aria-label="Test">
+          x
+        </Modal>,
+      );
+      ref.current?.close();
+      expect(HTMLDialogElement.prototype.close).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('scroll lock', () => {
+    it('locks body scroll on open()', () => {
+      const ref = createRef<ModalHandle>();
+      render(
+        <Modal ref={ref} aria-label="Test">
+          x
+        </Modal>,
+      );
+      ref.current?.open();
+      expect(document.body.style.overflow).toBe('hidden');
+    });
+
+    it('restores body scroll when the dialog close event fires', () => {
+      const ref = createRef<ModalHandle>();
+      render(
+        <Modal ref={ref} aria-label="Test">
+          x
+        </Modal>,
+      );
+      ref.current?.open();
+      const dialog = document.querySelector('dialog') as HTMLDialogElement;
+      fireEvent(dialog, new Event('close'));
+      expect(document.body.style.overflow).toBe('');
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('backdrop interaction', () => {
+    it('closes on backdrop click (dialog element itself)', () => {
+      render(<Modal aria-label="Test">x</Modal>);
+      const dialog = document.querySelector('dialog') as HTMLDialogElement;
+      fireEvent.click(dialog, { target: dialog });
+      expect(HTMLDialogElement.prototype.close).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    });
+
+    it('does not close on click inside content', () => {
+      render(
+        <Modal aria-label="Test">
+          <span>inner</span>
+        </Modal>,
+      );
+      fireEvent.click(screen.getByText('inner'));
+      expect(HTMLDialogElement.prototype.close).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+
+    it('routes backdrop click through onBackdropClose when provided (skips default close)', () => {
+      const onBackdropClose = vi.fn();
+      render(
+        <Modal aria-label="Test" onBackdropClose={onBackdropClose}>
+          x
+        </Modal>,
+      );
+      const dialog = document.querySelector('dialog') as HTMLDialogElement;
+      fireEvent.click(dialog, { target: dialog });
+      expect(onBackdropClose).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+      expect(HTMLDialogElement.prototype.close).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('callbacks', () => {
+    it('invokes onClose when close event fires', () => {
+      const onClose = vi.fn();
+      render(
+        <Modal aria-label="Test" onClose={onClose}>
+          x
+        </Modal>,
+      );
+      const dialog = document.querySelector('dialog') as HTMLDialogElement;
+      fireEvent(dialog, new Event('close'));
+      expect(onClose).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    });
+
+    it('invokes onCancel when cancel event fires', () => {
+      const onCancel = vi.fn();
+      render(
+        <Modal aria-label="Test" onCancel={onCancel}>
+          x
+        </Modal>,
+      );
+      const dialog = document.querySelector('dialog') as HTMLDialogElement;
+      fireEvent(dialog, new Event('cancel'));
+      expect(onCancel).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/shared/ui/Modal/ui/Modal.tsx b/src/shared/ui/Modal/ui/Modal.tsx
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+++ b/src/shared/ui/Modal/ui/Modal.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+'use client';
+
+import {
+  type DialogHTMLAttributes,
+  forwardRef,
+  type KeyboardEvent,
+  type MouseEvent,
+  useEffect,
+  useImperativeHandle,
+  useRef,
+} from 'react';
+import { cn } from '$shared/lib';
+
+export type ModalHandle = {
+  /**
+   * Opens the dialog as a modal and locks body scroll.
+   */
+  open: () => void;
+  /**
+   * Closes the dialog. Body scroll is restored on the native `close` event,
+   * so any close path (ESC, backdrop, this method) restores it.
+   */
+  close: () => void;
+};
+
+type Props = DialogHTMLAttributes<HTMLDialogElement> & {
+  /**
+   * Called when the user activates the backdrop (click or Enter/Space).
+   * Replaces the default close — useful when the close path must be wrapped
+   * (e.g. in a view transition). When omitted, the dialog closes itself.
+   */
+  onBackdropClose?: () => void;
+};
+
+/**
+ * Thin wrapper over native `<dialog>` with `showModal()`. Locks body scroll
+ * while open, restores it on any close path, and treats backdrop clicks /
+ * Enter|Space on the backdrop as a close intent. Style the backdrop externally
+ * via a className on this component + a `::backdrop` selector.
+ *
+ * All standard dialog attributes pass through — `aria-label`, `onClose`,
+ * `onCancel`, etc. Use `onCancel` with `e.preventDefault()` to intercept ESC
+ * (e.g. to route close through a view transition wrapper).
+ */
+export const Modal = forwardRef<ModalHandle, Props>(function Modal(
+  { className, onClick, onKeyUp, onBackdropClose, children, ...rest },
+  ref,
+) {
+  const dialogRef = useRef<HTMLDialogElement>(null);
+
+  /* Either run consumer-supplied close path (e.g. view-transition-wrapped) or
+   * fall back to closing the dialog directly. Shared between click and keyboard
+   * backdrop activation. */
+  function triggerBackdropClose() {
+    if (onBackdropClose) {
+      onBackdropClose();
+    } else {
+      dialogRef.current?.close();
+    }
+  }
+
+  useImperativeHandle(ref, () => ({
+    open: () => {
+      document.body.style.overflow = 'hidden';
+      dialogRef.current?.showModal();
+    },
+    close: () => {
+      dialogRef.current?.close();
+    },
+  }));
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const el = dialogRef.current;
+    if (!el) {
+      return;
+    }
+    /* Scroll restore lives on the native event listener (not a React onClose
+     * prop) so it can't be unintentionally overridden by a caller that passes
+     * their own onClose. Both fire for the same close event. */
+    const handleClose = () => {
+      document.body.style.overflow = '';
+    };
+    el.addEventListener('close', handleClose);
+    return () => el.removeEventListener('close', handleClose);
+  }, []);
+
+  /**
+   * Closes the dialog when the user clicks the backdrop area directly.
+   * Target===currentTarget distinguishes the <dialog> element itself (the
+   * backdrop hit-area) from its content children. Caller's onClick still runs.
+   */
+  function handleClick(e: MouseEvent<HTMLDialogElement>) {
+    if (e.target === e.currentTarget) {
+      triggerBackdropClose();
+    }
+    onClick?.(e);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Keyboard equivalent of backdrop click — Enter/Space on the backdrop area
+   * closes the dialog. ESC is handled natively by `showModal()`.
+   */
+  function handleKeyUp(e: KeyboardEvent<HTMLDialogElement>) {
+    if (e.target === e.currentTarget && (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ')) {
+      triggerBackdropClose();
+    }
+    onKeyUp?.(e);
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <dialog
+      ref={dialogRef}
+      {...rest}
+      className={cn('fixed inset-0 m-auto p-0 overflow-hidden', className)}
+      onClick={handleClick}
+      onKeyUp={handleKeyUp}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </dialog>
+  );
+});
diff --git a/src/shared/ui/index.ts b/src/shared/ui/index.ts
index 1f2e162..b8ec55c 100644
--- a/src/shared/ui/index.ts
+++ b/src/shared/ui/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ export { InlineSvg } from './InlineSvg';
 export { Input, Textarea } from './Input';
 export type { LinkVariant } from './Link';
 export { Link } from './Link';
+export { Modal, type ModalHandle } from './Modal';
 export { RichText } from './RichText';
 export type { ContainerSize, SectionBackground } from './Section';
 export { Container, Section } from './Section';