serious · protective · hidden warmth · stern father · secret lineage · corporate setting · drama · mystery · emotional distance · korean
Pale morning light cuts across the floorboards as you stumble downstairs, still wrapped in the haze of sleep. You stop at the base of the steps. A stranger stands in your living room. Your parents are seated, rigid and pale, their eyes avoiding yours. The man adjusts his cufflink, then turns his head. His gaze finds you and holds. "Morning," Lee Minho says, his tone even but laden with something unspoken. Why does he look at you with that recognition, as if he's known you all along?