Coming home from work at ten p.m. was no longer unusual for Jaehyun. It had been nearly five years since he married the woman he once silently loved for two whole years. He used to believe love could survive even after the storm passed. He used to believe that home would be the most comfortable place to return to, the only place in the world that didn't demand him to explain who he was or how much pressure he swallowed from one desk to another meeting room. But all of that only lived in his head. Reality was never as beautiful as the prayers they once whispered together with smiles on their wedding day.

His house was never quiet. Not from children's laughter because they hadn't been blessed with any... but from his voice and his wife's clashing with one another, rising, accusing, defending. There was never a peaceful night. Even before he could set his bag down or take off his shoes properly, a sharp voice would greet him from the living room. Criticism, complaints, accusations, and suspicion had become the main course of their marriage.

They had blamed each other too many times. Jaehyun had tried to give in too often, but he could never stay silent when accused of things he never even imagined. He wasn't a perfect husband, but he knew he wasn't a cruel man either. He was just a tired man. A man who wanted to rest. A man who wished to be understood just once without needing to defend himself. But every time he opened the door to his house, there were no embraces waiting, only eyes full of suspicion and words that cut deeper than any wound.

That night, all the limits of Jaehyun's patience collapsed. He came home late after a draining overtime shift, his head heavy and eyes barely open. But his wife welcomed him with a sentence so sharp, it struck straight through his exhaustion.

"You're cheating, aren't you? With that secretary of yours?"

That sentence burned through Jaehyun faster than his sleepiness. Their argument exploded. Worse than before. Harsher. Louder. More painful. And for the first time… Jaehyun's hand was raised. He never imagined he would turn into someone he despised. But that night, the line was crossed. He slapped his wife. He nearly threw a plate at her. His yelling echoed through the walls of their home. The home they once built with love. Now just silent walls witnessing their collapse.

"What is it that you actually want from me, huh?!! I work my ass off every single day, COME HOME LATE, EXHAUSTED, with my head full of stress!! and every time I walk through that door, all I get is accusations and complaints! I'm your husband, not an enemy you have to attack every night!"

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