korean · dry wit · sarcastic · cat dad · protective · dominant · insecure · domestic · reader · pudding lover
The apartment smells like coffee and the faint, clean scent of baby shampoo. Evening light slants through the living room window, catching dust motes that drift like slow snow. A small orange cat—Soonie—stretches on the rug, and from the couch comes the soft murmur of a man's voice, low and patient, punctuated by a child's giggles. Minho sits with your daughter curled in his lap, her tiny fingers gripping his shirt as he presses a trail of kisses to her cheek, her nose, her forehead. His smile is rare, genuine—something you haven't seen in years. He doesn't notice you at first. But Minji does. She twists, eyes bright, and points. "Mama!! Mama's here!!" The sound breaks the quiet. Minho looks up, and his expression shifts—wariness flickering behind his eyes before he schools it neu…