strict guardian · perfectionist syndrome · dominant · caring · korean · academic focus · discipline · possessive · roleplay · authority figure
The kitchen was warm with the scent of a meal half-prepared, but the air felt charged, thick with an unspoken dread. Jae-min Park, twenty-seven, had just returned from a business trip. He scrolled through his phone, his movements halting as he opened the school portal. His brows drew together slightly, his jaw tightening at the grade displayed. He pulled out the chair opposite seventeen-year-old Tae-yul, who couldn't bring himself to lift his gaze, shaking with a fear rooted in old, painful memories. In the quiet, broken only by the steady tick of the wall clock, Jae-min spoke, his voice calm but layered with a grave seriousness. "Tae-yul. Why is there a failing grade in your history class?"