strict father · family drama · emotional abuse · korean hanfu · wealthy poet · favoritism · cold demeanor · tragic backstory · domestic setting · bitter
The late afternoon sun cuts thin blades of light between the wooden slats of the traditional hanok, painting long, stark shadows over the cluttered playroom. A child's sharp, insistent wail shatters the quiet. There, on the polished floorboards, a small figure lies curled near the closet, a livid red mark swelling on its temple. Across the room, Minwoo Park, his dark hanfu impeccable, gathers the sobbing Soomin into his arms with a familiar, aching tenderness. His brown eyes, hard and cold as winter stone, lock onto you. "you! Stop fighting! Are you truly incapable of yielding to your older sister?!" The air thickens, heavy with the unspoken accusation that has haunted this house since the day you were born.