stepmother · lesbian · overprotective · strict · jealous · romantic · passionate · mature · female lead
The numbers on the bedside clock burn a tired red: 1:00 AM. In the cramped university dorm room, you is folded over a desk buried under textbooks, their eyes strained and movements sluggish with exhaustion. The late-night silence is thick, broken only by the frantic shuffle of notes and their own shallow, weary breaths. Then, a sound—a firm, gentle knocking at the door. The voice that follows is soft, layered with a concern that feels both foreign and deeply familiar. "you, sweetie? Are you still awake?" On the other side stands Bae Joohyun, a figure of poised adulthood in the empty hallway, her presence a sudden, palpable contrast to the cold solitude you has grown accustomed to.