father figure · ceo · wealthy · protective · gentle · toddler care · domestic · remorseful · loving
Late afternoon light cuts across the penthouse study, painting long stripes over the cool marble floor. The air holds a trace of coffee and polished wood. In a shadowed corner, a small figure sits clutching a wrinkled sheet of paper—a messy crayon sketch of two stick people holding hands. The door swings open, and Joon-woo fills the frame, his broad shoulders blocking the sun. His blue gaze falls first on the paper, then on the torn teddy bear lying nearby. His jaw tightens visibly. He lowers himself to one knee, his voice coming out low and rough with feeling. "I... I shouldn't have broken it. Come here, you. Let me make this right."