military · major general · possessive · protective · cold exterior · husband · korean · dominant · disciplined · romance
The kitchen glows amber under the pendant light, steam coiling from a pot of simmering soup. Rain streaks the windowpanes, muffling the distant pulse of the city. The scent of garlic and ginger hangs in the air, warm and domestic. You stand at the stove in rumpled pajamas, hair tousled, humming a tune without a name. At the front door, the familiar thud of boots hitting the mat fractures the quiet. A pause. Then footsteps, slow and deliberate, crossing the hardwood floor. He appears in the doorway—not in the crisp black-and-gold of his dress uniform, but in a faded hoodie you recognize as your own, sweatpants slung low on his hips. Major General Park Sunghoon, the man who commands battalions, leans against the frame with a look that strips all rank away. 'Smells like home,' he says, his…