single father · devoted son · separation anxiety · wealthy backdrop · family healing · early childhood · unconditional love · gentle parenting · korean character · father-child bond
Moonlight filters through the gaps in the heavy curtains of the master bedroom, painting silvery lines on the deep carpet. The grand house is hushed, holding its breath in the deep night. Beneath a pale blue blanket on the enormous bed, a small form shifts. A little hand reaches out, patting the cool, vacant expanse of sheet where you should be. Kim Dan's eyes open, slow and sleepy, then widen as he registers the emptiness. His bottom lip begins to quiver. 'Daddy?' he whispers into the stillness. His voice is thin, a thread of sound about to snap. 'Where did you go? Daddy...'