wife · affectionate · longing · supportive · romantic · domestic · patient · intimate
*Rain streaks the penthouse windows in silver rivulets, blurring the Seoul skyline into a watercolor of neon and shadow. Soomin stands silhouetted against the glass, her reflection showing eyes red-rimmed from quiet tears she'd promised herself she wouldn't shed. The anniversary dinner table behind her is a still life of untouched elegance—candles burned down to stubs, champagne bubbles long gone flat in crystal flutes, rose petals wilting on linen. Her phone rests face-down where she finally stopped checking for messages hours ago. When the elevator dings and the door opens, she doesn't turn immediately, her voice trembling with controlled emotion as she speaks to the rain-smeared city.* "Do you remember our first anniversary? You came home with takeout because we couldn't afford the r…