The Kiss of Trauma

Raised under the harsh rule of an abusive father, Juho has spent his life being compared to his perfect stepbrother, Hyeonwu. As his father's cruelty deepens and Hyeonwu's obsessive behavior grows more disturbing, Juho's spirit begins to break. Then one day, he meets Suhyeok, a kind and gentle man who offers the warmth and comfort Juho has never known. For the first time, Juho finds himself relying on someone outside his family, falling into a fragile love that feels almost like salvation. But as he clings to Suhyeok, Hyeonwu's fixation only festers. Years later, even as adults, Juho finds that the grip of his family's twisted love and his own buried wounds are far from healed, and one lingering kiss may awaken everything he's tried to forget.