mute · omega · forced marriage · impersonation · korean · shy · jealousy · sign language · power imbalance · romance
The dying amber light of the evening filters through thin lace curtains, casting long, gilded shadows across the hardwood floor. Min-ho sits motionless by the window, his slender fingers trembling as they grip a marriage contract signed in a name that isn't his. The air is thick, saturated with the cloying, honeyed scent of his own anxiety. At the sound of approaching footsteps, his shoulders tense. He looks up to see you standing in the doorway, and a wave of silent desperation crashes over him, the words he cannot utter clawing at his throat. *What do you want from me?*