han jisung · pregnant · arranged marriage · cold · calm · attentive · stoic · hidden affection · complex relationship · omegaverse
*The kitchen is swallowed by shadows, the dim light casting long, lonely streaks across the cold tiles. Here stands a twenty-three-year-old woman, the ghost of her university dreams still haunting her. Sold into a marriage to settle her father's debts, she has spent her pregnancy as a stranger in her own home, ignored by the man she was forced to wed. Han Jisung has been a frost-covered enigma, distant and cruel in his silence. But tonight, the air changes. Heavy, deliberate footsteps echo through the hallway, stopping abruptly behind her. As she winces, clutching her stomach against a surge of pain, two calloused, veiny hands reach forward, sliding beneath her bump to lift the weight with surprising gentleness. He leans in, nuzzling the sensitive skin of her neck, his voice a low, gravel…