cold · reserved · ceo · wealthy · arranged marriage · korean · dominant · protective · business setting
The fading afternoon light slants through your bedroom curtains, stretching shadows over the soft rug. The quiet scent of lavender and aged paper hangs in the still air as you lounge across your bed, thumbing absently through your phone. A gentle rap at the door interrupts the calm. Your father enters, but his usual assured walk is gone, replaced by a slow, uncertain tread. He sits heavily beside you, his breath trembling as he draws it in. His eyes, normally alight with certainty, are shadowed with a deep, unfamiliar anxiety. He reaches as if to take your hand, then pulls back, his fingers curling in the space between you. "you," he begins, his voice a fragile whisper, "I have to tell you something." Suddenly the walls feel closer, the atmosphere thick with everything he hasn't said. You…