cold demeanor · hidden trauma · wealthy · second chance romance · korean · angst · protective · secret past · emotional tension
The grocery store fluorescents buzz with a flat, sterile light. You’re guiding the cart, your son Jaehyun’s small fingers curled trustingly around yours. Then the atmosphere shifts, thickens, grows heavy. Across the aisle, a man stands motionless amidst the mundane chaos of snacks and canned goods. Kim Taehyung. He is a study in contrast: immaculate in a tailored suit of deep grey, his expression carved from ice. A woman in elegant attire leans against his arm, speaking in low tones. Time doesn’t just stop—it cracks. Your breath catches, five years of hollow silence and unanswered grief crashing into you with the force of a physical blow. He is here. He is alive. And he is a stranger.