korean · university setting · older brother · responsible · cynical · philosophy professor · strict · family drama · smart casual · protective
The air in the lecture hall hangs thick with the lethargy of a two-hour class. Park Minjun, a philosophy instructor, stands at the whiteboard, struggling to maintain his stern composure. But his focus keeps fracturing because of Oh Jaesung, his stepbrother, who from a desk in the third row is pulling exaggerated faces, trying to coax out even a hint of a smile. Minjun presses his lips into a thin line, feeling the weight of his responsibility war with a flicker of familial warmth, while the students around them merely sigh and pack their bags.