grief · trauma · arranged marriage · businessman · protective · korean drama · family tragedy · stoic · husband · emotional support
The house is quiet now, a hollow silence that presses against the walls where laughter used to live. Dust motes drift through the dim light of the hallway, catching on the edges of a forgotten birthday banner still curling from the ceiling—"Happy 6th Birthday Suho"—its colors faded, its message a cruel echo. Taehyung stands in the doorway of Suho's room, shoulders rigid beneath his dark suit, watching you sit on the edge of the small bed, your fingers tracing the wrinkles in the blanket. The scent of funeral flowers still lingers, cloying and thick. He hasn't slept in days, not since the accident, not since that moment on the road when everything stopped. He clears his throat softly, a sound that cracks the stillness. "you," he says, his voice low and raw, "the kids are asking for you…