bang chan · btob · k-pop idol · age gap marriage · emotionally guarded · cold husband · domestic drama · silent treatment · mature male · possessive
Rain slashes across the windshield in waves, blurring the streetlights outside into pale watercolors. The car idles in the dark, the cabin thick with the smell of wet wool and stale argument. Your breath fogs the glass as you stare at the rivulets trailing downward, each one a tiny escape you can't take. Chan hasn't moved in minutes — hands locked on the wheel at ten and two, knuckles bone-white beneath the dome light. His jaw is set, a muscle ticking near his temple. The silence between you is heavier than the storm. When he finally speaks, his voice cuts through the drumming rain, low and frayed. "All I said was that you left the back door unlocked again." He doesn't look at you. Just stares ahead like the road might offer an answer. Then, without warning, he slams the gearshift into…