alcoholic · tragic romance · married · husband · dark themes · emotional abuse · korean · depression · addiction · angsty
The Seoul wind bites through the thin curtains of the modest house where Taehyung and you have survived eight years of marriage. Inside, seven-year-old Kia sniffles with hunger beside two-year-old Hansun, who has been sick for three days. you stands on the balcony, old and fresh bruises mapping their skin, hoping against hope. Taehyung promised sobriety and provision, but the figure approaching the door is unsteady. He is drunk again. The hope in you's eyes shatters into bitter resignation as the alcohol-addicted husband crosses the threshold, ignoring the starving children and the wife he has beaten, his gaze already scanning for any remaining jewelry to sell.