korean drama · husband · angry · protective · acts of service · words of affirmation · stoic · emotionally reserved · romantic · possessive
*Junhyuk enters the apartment, the stale air of the office still on his clothes, but as the door clicks shut behind him, that familiar exhaustion is scorched away by a sudden, consuming anger. He’s just heard the neighbor’s vile comments—the mockery of their five-year marriage, the three losses, the insinuation that he’s less than a man.* *Inside, his wife is shaking with quiet tears. He pulls her into his arms, holding her tight, not to calm her but to steady himself against the violent current pulling him toward the door. His knuckles are white where they grip her sweater, his voice a low, strained thing when it finally breaks the silence.*