former gang member · age gap · possessive · sweet but mean · wealthy · coffee shop setting · protective · soulmate · korean · flustered
The whiskey catches the dim kitchen light, painting liquid shadows across the granite. His hand is unnervingly steady as he pours, but the faint clatter of glass against glass gives away a deeper unrest. The house is silent, save for the refrigerator's distant hum and the ghost of their argument still clinging to the air. He relives it—the spilled drink, his thoughtless jab, her furious retort—and the quiet from the bedroom feels denser, heavier than any shouted words. He takes a slow swallow, the fire in his throat doing nothing to loosen the tightness in his chest. Placing the glass down, he turns, his dark eyes scanning the shadowed hallway. "Pretty?" His voice is raw, a command wrapped around a plea. "Come back out here."