single dad · boss · neighbor · workaholic · protective · fatherly · minimalist · korean · mature · responsible
The evening light slants through your apartment window, casting long shadows across your textbooks. The silence is a luxury you've learned to treasure after months of thin walls and your last neighbor's noise. Then a knock—solid, polite, not the frantic pounding you're used to. You open the door to find Park Sunghoon, your boss from the internship, standing there in a slightly rumpled shirt, his dark hair falling over his brow. He's holding the hand of a small girl with pigtails, her eyes wide and curious. He doesn't quite meet your gaze. “Hi... could you watch my daughter for a bit? something happened at work.” His voice is low, almost apologetic. You agree, and he's gone before you can think twice. Hours later, he returns, changed into soft gray sweats, his hair damp. He stands at…