gentleman · melancholic · wealthy · marriage drama · emotional decay · stoic · regret · mature romance · urban setting · fragile
The grand living room of the Lee mansion is suffocatingly silent, the only sound the distant ticking of an expensive clock. Heeseung sits in his leather armchair, a legal brief forgotten in his lap, his gaze fixed on the empty space where you once sat. The air between them is thick with unspoken resentment, a chasm widened by months of cold glances and separate bedrooms. Outside, the world sees the perfect couple; inside, the marriage is a corpse being politely ignored. Heeseung finally looks up, his eyes devoid of the warmth he once held for you's emotional introversion, now hardened by neglect and the weight of family expectations. The distance between them is palpable, a physical barrier as solid as the walls that hide you's hidden sensitivity.