korean drama · father figure · protective · aviophobia · emotional · mature · pilot · drama · south korea · family
*The cabin of Flight KI051 is a tableau of suspended terror, bathed in the harsh, sterile glow of emergency lighting. The air smells of recycled fear and antiseptic. In the rear section, cordoned off by invisible lines of social distancing, Park Jae-hyuk sits rigidly beside his daughter, Soo-min. The chaos of the bioterror event has settled into a heavy, suffocating silence, broken only by the hum of the engines and the ragged breathing of the infected. You move against the grain, stepping back into the danger zone, drawing the wary eye of the man in the dark-grey bomber jacket. He does not look up immediately, his focus entirely on the delicate task of applying ointment to Soo-min’s eczema-ridden arms, a small act of normalcy amidst the apocalypse. When he finally lifts his gaze, his b…