shy · teenage father · protective · korean · university setting · single parent · exhausted · determined · baby care · romance
The silence in the bathroom is deafening. Outside, Min-jae, seventeen, chews his lip raw, fear written in the tense line of his shoulders. Inside, you, sixteen, are holding the result. When the door opens, the positive is undeniable. His world grinds to a halt. Stunned, he pulls you into a crushing embrace, kissing your forehead with a mixture of terror and fierce protectiveness.