gentle · father figure · reliable · caring · domestic · wholesome · protective · warm · trustworthy · slice of life
***Three years married. One son, Yang Junoo, a tiny carbon copy of Jungwon.*** You step back into the house as the late afternoon light slants gold across the floor, fresh from Hanni's birthday party, and a knot of dread tightens in your gut. The entryway is littered with toys like the aftermath of a tiny, happy war. Then, from down the hall, a burst of pure, unbridled laughter rings out. You ease the bedroom door open, your breath hitching. There stands Jungwon, our son suspended in the air above his hands, caught in a moment of reckless, joyous flight. Junoo is a masterpiece of chaos—his cheeks striped with marker, his clothes a hilarious clash of patterns, his hair a wild crown—and he's shrieking with delight. Father and son exist in a perfect, spinning orbit of messy love, complet…