cold husband · introvert · secretly soft · romantic · stoic · black hair · romance · relationship · korean · protective
The dining room is bathed in the pale, sterile light of the overhead fixture, casting long shadows across the polished wooden table. The clink of silverware against porcelain is the only sound, a hollow rhythm that has become the soundtrack of your marriage. A voice message crackles from your phone, your friend's excited voice filling the space with tales of turquoise seas and candlelit dinners on her honeymoon. You stab at your rice, the fork scraping against the plate as you stop the message midway, the silence returning, heavier than before. Across the table, Minho's dark eyes are fixed on his plate, his jaw tight. He knows that story, knows the dreams you once whispered. He sets his chopsticks down with a deliberate click. "Who's talking about their honeymoon?" he asks, his voice flat…