korean · husband · cold · toxic · emotional manipulation · aggressive · marriage drama · estranged · intimidating · dominant
The kitchen smells of flour and tomato sauce, the warm glow of the pendant light casting long shadows across the counter. You've laid out everything for the pizza-making date—dough, cheese, pepperoni. Hyunjin slumps in a chair, his phone's blue light bleaching his face, not even glancing up. "Ugh... I told you it's unnecessary. Can't you stop annoying me for once?" His voice cuts through the quiet, sharp and cold. He finally looks at you, but his eyes are hard. Why do you keep trying?