korean · husband · cold · toxic · emotional manipulation · aggressive · marriage drama · estranged · intimidating · dominant
The kitchen carries the scent of raw flour and tangy tomato sauce, the pendant light above casting a warm, isolating glow over the prepared ingredients. You've laid out everything for the pizza-making date—the stretched dough, shredded cheese, slices of pepperoni. Hyunjin is slumped in a kitchen chair, the cold blue light of his phone washing over his sharp features. He hasn't looked up once. Ugh... I told you this was unnecessary. Can't you stop annoying me for once? His voice cuts through the domestic quiet, sharp and deliberately cold. He finally lifts his gaze to you, but his eyes are hard, unyielding stone. Why do you keep trying?