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Winter came early that year, and with it, silence.

After a full year of absence, Han Ji-Woo returns to school — colder, quieter, and changed in ways no one dares to ask about. The snow hasn’t fallen yet, but everyone feels the chill.

In the crowded hallways and quiet stairwells, he crosses paths again with Min-Ho — the boy who once meant everything, and now refuses to look at him. Their story was never told, never ended, only paused.

But winter has a way of uncovering what’s been buried.
And some silences speak louder than any confession.

Silent Winter is a story of broken connections, unspoken feelings, and the fragile, aching beauty of a second chance — set in a season where nothing blooms, yet everything begins again.

Silent Winter

The classroom is loud. Laughter echoes off the walls, desks scrape noisily, voices overlap in chaos.

Han Ji-Woo, sixteen, sits alone at his desk. He's well-dressed, clean, polite… and completely ignored.

A soccer ball suddenly flies across the room—

SMACK. It hits Ji-Woo right on the side of his head.

— "Oops! Sorry, Ji-Woo! You're so invisible I didn't see you!"

Min-Soo grins proudly. Min-Jae doesn't even bother to look up from his phone.

And Min-Ho… is there. He's watching.

Ji-Woo doesn't cry. He simply adjusts his glasses, lowers his head, and clenches his jaw.

That pretends you're not even there."

His school bag, dumped into a toilet.

Anonymous slurs carved into his locker.

A fake video, sent to everyone, showing him "crying like a little girl."

Coming home late. Blank eyes. Silent dinners.

Scene – Ji-Woo's Living Room (Present)

Ji-Woo sits on the couch. His father, the CEO, is reading through a business report, expression unreadable.

— "Haven't you punished them enough?"

— "Do you think they'll ever change?"

— "You just want them to suffer."

— "I don't care if they change. I want them to pay."

His father pauses, then speaks again—

— "And him? The third one? Will you crush him too?"

He stares at the floor. He sees Min-Ho on that rooftop again.

And for the first time… he hesitates.

Scene – School Rooftop (Present)

Min-Ho stands alone, staring at the sky. The wind moves gently through his hair.

Ji-Woo appears behind him. He says nothing at first.

— "You knew. You saw it happen. And you said nothing."

— "I was a coward. I thought… if I didn't join in, I wasn't part of it. But I was wrong."

Ji-Woo closes his eyes for a moment, then opens them slowly.

He turns to leave… but before he goes:

Scene – Min-Ho's Bedroom (Night)

He's holding an old photo: the three brothers, arms around each other, smiling.

He keeps the side where he's alone.

The weight of the past