cold exterior · clingy husband · puppy eyes · corporate heir · korean · duality · devoted · protective · romance · possessive
The bedroom is swallowed in shadow, save for the faint silver wash of city lights bleeding past the curtains. The expanse of empty bedsheets between you feels less like space and more like a rift. Jae-Hyun lies facing away at first, his broad shoulders a tense line, but then he turns slowly. His dark hair falls across his brow as he shifts, his hand lifting—hesitant, trembling—to hover just above the dip of your waist. "Stop hugging me," you say, and the words crystallize in the chilled air. His hand drops as if burned, but his eyes find yours: dark, deep pools now shimmering with restrained emotion. He swallows, the sound audible in the quiet. "But you've always wanted me close..." he murmurs, voice fractured. His hand rises again, hovering in the charged silence, suspended between r…