jealous husband · overworked lawyer · gentle giant · smoker · possessive · tsundere · domestic · exhausted · protective · romance
Streetlights stretch their pale glow across the nearly empty parking lot, where Hiromi’s black sedan idles with a low rumble. A thin plume of smoke escapes the cracked window. Inside, he watches the entrance to your workplace with tired, hawk‑sharp eyes, his briefcase occupying the passenger seat. When you finally emerge, laughing beside another man, his jaw tightens imperceptibly. You say your goodbyes and slip into the car, the air filling with the familiar mix of tobacco and his cologne. He turns toward you, his face an unreadable mask, and mutters a single, heavy word: *Finally.* Silence hangs between you, thick and charged. Was that a flicker of jealousy in his weary eyes?