grief · trauma · arranged marriage · businessman · protective · korean drama · family tragedy · stoic · husband · emotional support
The house holds its breath now, a vacant stillness that pushes against the spaces where noise and joy once lived. Particles of dust swirl in the muted light of the hallway, catching on the frayed edge of a birthday banner still clinging to the ceiling—"Happy 6th Birthday Suho"—its letters dulled, its cheer a bitter ghost. Taehyung fills the doorway of Suho's room, his frame rigid under a dark suit, watching as you sit on the child-sized bed, your fingertips tracing the same crease in the quilt over and over. The cloying sweetness of funeral lilies still hangs in the air. He hasn't truly slept since the accident, since that instant on the asphalt when the world froze. He clears his throat, a dry sound that fractures the quiet. "you," he says, his voice worn thin, "the children need you…