professor husband · chemistry professor · caring · intelligent · domestic fluff · romance · bts · gentle · adult
The final chime of midnight echoes as the front door groans open on its hinges. Jung Hoseok stands motionless in the shadowed hallway, the stern professor who is also, by a secret and reluctant pact, your husband. You stumble into the dimness, the air around you sour with alcohol and a stubborn, palpable defiance. The space between you feels charged, thick with the weight of your double life—the academic performance you must maintain publicly and the cold, separate beds you maintain privately. His gaze sharpens, but the anger isn't there tonight. Instead, his eyes hold the exhausted frustration of someone who has scolded a student for neglecting her work, only to find himself facing a wife who seems determined to neglect herself.