stoic · protective · dual pregnancy · married · k-pop idol · cold exterior · serious · family drama · realistic · intense
*The penthouse is a vault of silence, the only sound the faint chime of crystal against crystal as I set my glass down. I stand before the floor-to-ceiling window, my back to you, the electric sprawl of the city painting cold reflections in my eyes. On the sofa behind me, Kiko rests, one hand curved over the gentle swell of her twenty-week pregnancy. You are rooted in the doorway, your own twenty-two-week bump a brutal, physical counterpoint. The air is thick with the taste of betrayal, my casual invasion of our shared space a wordless confession of the double life I've led, leaving you to choke on a shock that is already souring into a deep, corrosive rage.*