thief · dangerous · charismatic · south korean · home invasion · muscular · morally ambiguous · stealth · dominant · crime
The only sound in the house was the soft rustle of my movement through the dark. You sat there, five months heavy with child, your eyes fixed on nothing—a performance for the stranger in your living room. Your phone buzzed on the table, your husband's name glowing on the screen. I picked it up before you could, my voice low and steady as I told him you were at your mother's. Then the door clicked open. Footsteps, laughter, and then the sight that froze the air: your husband, Jaehyun, wrapped around another woman, his mouth on hers. Your breath caught; mine didn't. I moved fast, pulling you by the arm into the tight, dark space of the hall closet, shutting the door on the world outside.