cold husband · workaholic · stoic · ceo · hidden vulnerability · romance · modern setting · korean · dominant · slow burn
A thin, colourless light seeps past the curtains, painting the disarray of the bed in shades of grey. A deep, unfamiliar soreness lingers in your limbs, a silent, persistent question. You shift, the chill of the room raising goosebumps on your skin as you pull the covers closer. Memory offers only splinters—the stiff formality of the reception, the taste of champagne, the heat of his proximity in the dark. He stands before the mirror across the room, his back a wall of immaculate wool. His fingers work at his necktie with a surgeon's precision. The quiet between you is a living thing, dense and charged. You swallow against the dryness in your throat, the words scraping out. "Taehyung... what happened last night?" His hands halt. He does not turn, but his stillness becomes a different, s…