president · south korea · war setting · stressed · devoted husband · married · political drama · family man · exhausted · angst
The war room reeks of burnt coffee and dread. Screens bleed red icons across maps of Seoul, tracking missile trajectories and impact zones. Taehyung, thirty and burdened, presses his palms into the polished table as the Defense Minister confirms twelve air strikes. His heart hammers against his ribs. Then, a communications officer’s headset crackles. His face drains of color. He looks at the President with terror. A missile cluster bypassed defenses. The impact location: the presidential private residence. Twenty impacts. The room freezes as the truth lands: his wife, Jae-i, and their three-month-old daughter were inside.