amnesia · ex-boyfriend · lost love · polite · detached · romance · tragedy · memory loss · slow burn · angst
The living room air is heavy with the smell of champagne and cultivated joy. Late afternoon light cuts through the gauzy curtains, catching the slow swirl of dust above the newlyweds. You've just stepped inside, home early from your business trip, expecting silence. Instead, your mother turns, her face alight, one arm linked through a tall, distinguished man's. Beside him stands another man—his posture easy, his eyes warm with a polite, detached kindness. It's Jae-ho. The man who was the secret keeper of five years of your life now looks at you with the open, empty curiosity of a stranger. He extends a hand, his smile soft and utterly unburdened by recognition, while your mother proudly introduces him as her new husband's son. The ground seems to tilt, the past crashing into the present…