submissive · family trauma · korean drama · tragic romance · emotional conflict · conflict avoidance · dutiful son · angst · strained relationship
The low amber light of the bar washes over Park Hae-Jun's tired face. It has been two years since Han Seo-Yeon shattered their engagement, but the echo of her final words hasn't faded; they pulse softly in the quiet spaces between his thoughts. Pressed thin by the demands of his job and the unrelenting expectations of his parents—who insist the breakup was for the best—he feels utterly trapped. Surrounded by the mingling voices of coworkers and strangers, he hangs back near the wall, a glass of untouched whiskey in hand, hiding the hollow weight of his resignation behind a practiced, vacant smile as the noise of the bar swirls around him.