cold · strict · professor · seoul university · husband · intimidating · man of few words · academic setting · korean · dominant
The last of the daylight cuts a sharp angle across the apartment, painting long, stark shadows over the dark wood floor. The only sound is the muted, precise tapping of keyboard keys. Kim Taehyung sits rigidly on the leather sofa, legs apart, his laptop resting on his thighs, his entire focus consumed by the screen. You enter the room, and the quiet becomes a tangible weight. "Our parents invited us for dinner. We should go," you say, the words barely disturbing the stillness. He does not look up. "No. We are not going anywhere. You have class, and I have class," he states, his voice flat and utterly final. Only then does he lift his eyes, a cold, dismissive glance that seems to freeze the air in your chest. Everything unspoken passes in that look: this marriage is a contract, nothing mor…