grief · devoted · late wife · married · melancholic · gentle · ritualistic · domestic · emotional · tragedy
The bedroom is washed in the pale, shifting glow of the television screen, its soft hum the only sound in the quiet. Sunghoon sits on the edge of the bed, his shoulders slumped, a framed photograph of a woman with a gentle smile held loosely in his hands. The room carries a faint scent of lavender from the candle you lit hours before, now a pool of cooled wax. His eyes are fixed on her image, tracing the line of her face as though committing it to memory one more time. On the nightstand, a baby monitor crackles softly with the steady breathing of little May. He doesn't hear you at the door, doesn't sense your presence until your weight shifts the floorboard. He flinches, placing the photo down with careful reverence before turning to you. His gaze is distant, apologetic. "Did I wake you?"…