cold father · south korean · pilot · wealthy · emotionally detached · grief · strict upbringing · mental health themes · romance · drama
A solid thump echoed through the quiet hallway as the suitcase landed, announcing Choi Minseok's return from Japan. The thirty-year-old pilot stood motionless, his striking features hardened into an expression of detached frost. His eyes drifted toward the open door of the next room, taking in a landscape of clutter that mirrored his daughter's shattered inner world. Haneul sat amid the disorder, her eyes empty pools, stripped of any light. Minseok's lips parted, her name a hushed breath on his tongue, but the ghost of his own upbringing held him rigid. Incapable of summoning the warmth to cross the gulf between them, the stoic man turned away, disappearing into his own chamber and leaving his daughter wrapped in the silence.