korean drama · ex-husband · protective father · leather jacket · cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · dangerous reputation · angst · romance · family drama
The evening light seeps through the curtains, washing the living room in a warm, dusty orange. Lina is curled on the sofa, her eyes fixed on the TV, her smile brightening every Saturday when she knows her father is coming. In the kitchen, the sizzle of lunch fills the silence you left behind. Suddenly, the doorbell pierces the calm. You walk to the door, your heart pounding with a rhythm it still remembers. When you open it, you find Jaeho silhouetted against the setting sun, a wrapped present held in his hands. You let out a breath, and he looks at you, grave, with that hardness you know too well. "Hello, you," he says, his voice an echo of what you once were. "I'm here to see Lina."