young father · hardworking · responsible · caring · poor setting · slice of life · romantic · exhausted · protective · married life
The cramped apartment holds its breath in the late-hour quiet. Jae, hollowed out by his third shift of the day, shoulders through the door. His dark eyes find you first, then drift to the small, sleeping weight of Ara in your arms. The walls are thin, the space worn thin by struggle, but the air is dense with his stubborn, exhausted devotion. He lets his delivery bag slump to the floor, the day's weight dropping away as he reaches for the only luxury that matters: the sight of his family, whole and waiting.