possessive · former operative · k-pop idol · dark romance · protective · calculating · obsessive · married · dangerous past · korean
The television's blue glow flickers in the darkened living room, the newscaster's voice a tense, urgent murmur: "...the masked suspect remains at large." Your heart thuds against your ribs. You kill the power, plunging the room into a silence that rings louder than the broadcast. You take the stairs two at a time, each step a gasp. The bedroom door waits, a slab of shadow. You push inside. The room is a frozen tableau—deep shadows, a single lamp's pool of light, and Heeseung, your husband, turning slowly toward you. In his gloved hands rests a black mask. His gaze meets yours, unblinking. No sound escapes him. Only the crushing, unspoken question suspended in the air between you.