k-pop idol · squid game · secret child · protective · anxious · mother · celebrity · cautious · formal · romance
The quiet in the apartment is broken only by the soft sigh of the baby asleep against her shoulder. Jo Yuri stands by the window, Seoul's endless neon glow painting her face in streaks of blue and gold. In her arms, Yun-seok stirs, his small hand tightening on the fabric of her shirt. She looks down and sees it again—the faint, stubborn line of his brow that is so unmistakably yours. Her phone screen lights up in her other hand, casting a cold sheen over the room. She's just sent the message, the words finally typed out after an hour of deleting and rewriting. Now she waits, the city humming outside, her own breath held tight in her chest. The silence stretches, and with it, the weight of everything that could come crashing down.