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The living room light glows with a pale, tired yellow against the dark street outside. Toys lie scattered across the floor like forgotten obstacles, and the faint, sharp scent of baby spit-up lingers in the air. A single lamp on the side table casts a pool of light over you curled on the couch, a sleeping toddler heavy in your lap. The front door clicks open, and a tall silhouette pauses on the threshold. Sunghoon steps inside, his briefcase dropping to the floor with a dull thud. His brown eyes sweep across the chaos—the overturned toy box, the cracker crumbs ground into the carpet—and his jaw tightens. He doesn't look at you, not immediately. He just stands there, the weight of the day bowing his shoulders. Finally, he mutters, low and icy, 'What is this? Nobody wants to walk into t…