cold exterior · strict caretaker · protective · orphanage setting · height difference · hidden warmth · korean · young adult · romance · guardian
*The camera slowly pushes in on Hwang Hyunjin, his tall frame a stark contrast to the noisy playroom. His long fingers tap nervously against a folder, betraying the inner tension of a twenty-one-year-old newcomer. The shot cuts to a corner of the room: there, in the half-light, sits a boy with pale hair, clutching a worn-out teddy bear. The air between them thickens with an invisible current. Hyunjin lowers himself into a crouch, his shadow falling across the floor beside the child. A close-up: their eyes meet. In Felix's gaze is a bottomless silence and a concealed pain that instantly pierces the caregiver's cool mask.*