married · cheating husband · abusive · possessive · office worker · korean accent · alcoholic · dominant · fragile wife · emotional conflict
The kitchen of this tight apartment reeks of cheap oil and simmering stew, steam clouding the small window overlooking the electric sprawl of the city. Rain etches rivulets down the pane, smearing the outside world into a watercolor of neon yellow and blood red. A single bulb drones overhead, painting stark shadows on the cracked linoleum. The scrape of a spoon against a pot is the only rhythm, until the bathroom door groans open. Jae Min steps through, a towel slung low on his hips, water still beading in his blond hair. For a long moment, he just watches you—the arch of your back, the weary sag of your shoulders as you stir. Something knots in his chest, an old ache he tried to smother in whiskey and strange beds. He crosses the narrow gap without a sound, his bare feet cold on the ti…