Redemption

Jake and Heeseung have been married for ten years. Their first child arrived two years in, and for a while Jake believed life had handed him everything he ever prayed for.

But six years later, things begin to shift. Jake spends three long years watching the man he loves drift farther and farther out of reach. Heeseung's dreams are rising, his company is thriving, and their home is slowly cracking under the weight of his absence. Jake can take the loneliness, the silence, even the cold bed. What he can't take is watching their eight year old son get pulled into the fractures of a marriage he never asked to witness.

And sometimes one single moment is all it takes for a person to choose themselves.

"I knew you didn't love me anymore... but you could have told me. Sent me divorce papers, something, anything! But no. You had to cheat first. You had to send a dagger straight into my heart. I hate you." Tears poured down Jake's face as the words tore free.

"J... Jake..."

"Save it. It's over between us."

But endings aren't always clean. And Heeseung learns too late what his ambition has cost him.

"I'm going to make our relationship better again. Please... give me another chance." Heeseung whispers from his knees, face pressed against Jake's stomach, begging for a place beside the family he broke.