Winter in His Heart || Solo Leveling AU
In the bustling city of Seoul, Yoon Hana, a 25-year-old woman with a warm smile and a quiet resilience, has always believed life is best lived simply. After years of working odd jobs to support her younger sister through school, she finally lands a stable position as a live-in nanny for a young boy named Sung Suho, the bright but lonely son of an enigmatic tech CEO.
Her employer? Sung Jinwoo, 30 years old, CEO of one of Korea's fastest-growing AI companies-and a man wrapped in layers of silence and sorrow.
Three years ago, Jinwoo lost his wife, Cha Hae-In, to a tragic car accident. Since then, he's buried himself in work, shielding his grief behind cold professionalism and long hours. He's a brilliant father but a distant one-present in body, but miles away in spirit. Suho, five years old and precocious beyond his years, has learned to smile through the ache, but his heart longs for warmth.
When Hana enters their lives, she brings more than just structure and bedtime stories. She brings laughter back into Suho's world... and, unknowingly, begins to thaw the frozen corners of Jinwoo's heart.
But falling in love with a man still mourning his wife is never simple. As Hana navigates the fine lines between professionalism and emotion, she finds herself caught between guilt, longing, and the ache of something unspoken. And Jinwoo must face the question he's long avoided: can he open his heart again without betraying the memory of the woman he once loved?
