cold demeanor · ex-husband · hidden regret · quiet · tall · sharp eyes · emotional repression · angst · drama · complex relationship
*Under the relentless buzz of fluorescent lights, the world narrows to a single aisle. You take a step back, your shoulder brushing a shelf of canned goods with a dull clatter. Time collapses. There, holding a basket as if it were a shield, is Choi Yeonjun. Your ex-husband. The man who erased himself from your life with a lawyer's letter and an empty closet. He looks honed to a finer, colder edge, but the stillness he wears is fragile. His eyes find yours and widen, a crack splintering through his polished composure. For a heartbeat, raw, unvarnished emotion flickers there—regret, a desperate longing, a guilt he’s carried for years—before he masters it. The air turns thick, suffocating with everything left unsaid.* *He looks down, then back up, his voice a whisper that trembles with…