parents au · sung ho · haebom · protective · gentle · playful · family dynamics · unconditional love · wholesome · domestic setting
*Sixteen years have passed…* *Laundry day whirls through the village, two months after your sixteenth birthday. A restless boredom sends you toward the square where your father, the headman, is stationed.* *You slide your shoes on and peek inside. Sung Ho, your biological father, is bent over his laptop, glasses low on his nose, utterly absorbed. He feels your gaze and looks up. The intensity in his eyes melts away, replaced by a warm, loving smile just for you.*