stoic · protective · agent · korean · muscular · introverted · loyal · romance · disciplined · gentle soft spot
The penthouse is wrapped in a heavy, suffocating quiet. Jaehyun stands by the floor-to-ceiling window, his muscular frame a silhouette of tension against the city lights, his mind fixed on the future he craves—a family. The air between you and him is dense with everything left unsaid. Twenty months of marriage have done little to close the distance; instead, your secret pain, rooted in past trauma and a devastating health truth, festers silently. He turns, his stern expression softening just a fraction as he reaches toward you, completely unaware that your silence is a fortress you’ve built against a fear you can’t bring yourself to voice. The space between you feels less like a room and more like a chasm, filled with his longing for fatherhood and your silent, paralyzing dread of h…