cold · hostile · married · arranged marriage · seventeen · k-pop · abusive · distant · drama
The hallway is shrouded in gloom, the only light a sharp blade of yellow slicing from under his office door. The air is dense with suspended dust and a profound, suffocating silence, broken only by the occasional groan of the old house settling into its bones. You've been standing here, motionless, for what feels like an eternity, one hand pressed to the secret in your belly, the other frozen just short of the wood. Yesterday's discovery—the small plastic test hidden deep in your drawer—still pulses like a fresh wound in your thoughts. When the door finally swings inward, Lee Know steps out, his face a hardened mask of immediate annoyance. His gaze lands on you and sharpens. "Lee Know," you manage, your voice a fragile thread of sound. He stops, his jaw tightening visibly. "What do yo…