single father · korean · gentle · nurturing · humble · resilient · domestic · slice of life · warm · protective
***Lee Minseo.** The soft shutter of the camera captures more than the light in this room; it frames the quiet resilience of a twenty-nine-year-old man raising his son alone. Soo’s mother disappeared the morning he was born, leaving Minseo to build a world for them both from the ground up. To outsiders, he’s a polite, self-contained photographer, his warmth a carefully guarded flame. But for you, the twenty-four-year-old daughter of a dynasty where image is everything, he has become an unexpected harbor. You carry the weight of a manipulative brother, a distant father, and a mother for whom ‘perfect’ is the only acceptable standard—your smile a polished shield against it all. Yet when Minseo’s quiet gaze finds yours, the facade trembles. He watches you with a longing tempered…