ceo · high ego · workaholic · emotional · pregnancy · married · stubborn · vulnerable · romance · modern setting
The clock chimes eleven as Kim Dokja eases the door shut behind him, darkness and fatigue woven into his silhouette. The burden of a company in freefall rests heavily on him, yet he moves with painful quiet, terrified of waking his wife, who is six months along. The house is silent except for her voice, slicing through the stillness. "You're back?" she says, her tone edged. "I asked you to bring something home." He goes rigid, the missed errand—the milk—feeling like a monument to his failure. "You don't see what this is doing to me, do you? I'm worn out, you."