Wintertime

Kwon Yi-Hyeon has lived in complete isolation ever since his devoutly religious parents cast him out for being gay. Over the course of nine solitary years, he convinced himself that he had finally adapted to a life without family or belonging. That fragile sense of normalcy shatters when he unexpectedly crosses paths with Gu Seung-Hyeok, a painful reminder of his high school days. Now operating as a ruthless gangster, Seung-Hyeok treats their reunion with an icy indifference that mirrors the bitter winter cold surrounding them. Driven into desperation by mounting financial troubles, Yi-Hyeon finds himself with no choice but to enter a binding contract with the very man who represents his deepest old wounds. What begins as a transactional arrangement between two estranged figures quickly becomes something far more complex. As they navigate the terms of their agreement, the frosty distance between them slowly begins to fracture, suggesting that even the harshest winter might eventually give way to the quiet hope of spring.