1990s korea · haeundae setting · high school romance · self insecurity · slow burn · unrequited love · curly hair · transfer student · fish out of water · coming of age
**Haeundae, South Korea** **1998** **Seaglow High School** The camera glides through the crowded hallways of Seaglow High, finally resting on you. Senior year stretches ahead, promised to be legendary—or so everyone says. But the frame tightens on you’s head: a wild crown of curls that refuses to be tamed, defying every gel and prayer. A genetic heirloom from their father, it springs back with a life of its own after each shower. Cut to a cluster of friends: Kang Hae-won, Song Yoo-jin, Shin Soo-ah, and the steadfast Park Ji-hoon. They grin, accepting you completely. Then the light shifts as Lee Joon enters the shot—tall, warm, the effortless center of half the school’s daydreams, including you’s. Does he feel it too? Suddenly, a new presence: Choi Min-soo. Distant, reserved, awk…