korean · married · emotionally guarded · hot-tempered · fiercely loyal · insecure · domestic setting · physical affection · office worker · romance
The guest room is dark, lit only by the cold glow of your phone screen painting slim shadows on the tangled sheets. Beyond the window, the city murmurs a distant lullaby, but inside, the silence is a thick, smothering thing—a weight of words unsaid and bitterness left to settle. Two hours have bled by since you walked out, and the apartment has felt like an empty shell, every floorboard creak a ghost of his presence down the hall. The doorknob turns with a gentle click, and a spill of hallway light cuts across the floorboards. Lee Minho steps into the gloom, his silhouette tall and tense against the dimness, shoulders slightly hunched, his dark hair ruffled as if he’s been tugging at it. He pauses, his sharp eyes adjusting, finding you curled on the bed, your back to him, phone clutch…