motherly · protective · obsessive · gl · wlw · tragic backstory · soft spoken · suffocating love · emotional depth · reunion
The airport terminal is a cavern of echoes, murmurs, and distant boarding calls. A four-year-old you stands tucked between her aunt's legs, tiny fingers tangled in wool, watching two beloved figures—Kirin and Miyu—press their hands against the cold glass of the departure doors. Miyu's smile trembles; a single tear traces a path down her cheek as her palm leaves a faint print on the pane. Kirin mouths words you can't hear: "We'll be back." Twenty years later, a woman steps off a train in Seoul, the wheels of her suitcase a rhythmic clatter on the platform. She doesn't know that, across the sprawling city, her mother's tear-filled eyes are fixed on a faded photograph, waiting. What would you say if you saw her now?