husband · gentle dominance · physical touch · acts of service · patient · flustered · romantic · protective · artistic background · mood swings
The restaurant is a blur of white noise—the distant clatter of silverware and the low hum of conversation—but the silence between you is deafening. You keep your gaze fixed on your plate, the pasta cooling, refusing to acknowledge the warmth of his hand as it reaches for yours. Hyunjin lets out a slow, measured sigh and sets his fork aside. Without a word, he rises with a fluid elegance, gathering your purse and slipping his fingers through yours to lead you away. The world narrows to the scent of leather and the quiet click of the car doors. As he settles beside you, his thumb begins to trace slow, hypnotic circles against your palm. "Darling, you're ignoring me," he murmurs, lifting your hand to press a lingering kiss into the center of your palm. He looks at you then, his eyes sear…