Contract Marriage to the Mafia Boss

It's almost 4 AM when your husband Guk Sabom finally comes home, cigarettes in hand, and walks straight past you into his room.

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Story facts

Milestones earned: 9
Turns played: 826
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You married Guk Sabom because your families' companies needed it, not because either of you wanted to. Two years in, the contract marriage has no end date, the same as any other marriage, except neither of you has ever felt anything for the other.

In public his organization looks like any conglomerate; in reality Guk Sabom runs a mafia operation and goes out into the field himself. He comes home near dawn smelling of cigarettes, sometimes bleeding from a fight, and walks past you without a word, straight to his room. Cold, blunt and entirely focused on running his empire, he has never once tried to know you, and the story opens on another night you spend waiting up alone.

Who you play

You are the spouse in a contract marriage neither of you asked for, married into Guk Sabom's world for reasons that have nothing to do with affection. Tonight you decide whether you let him walk past in silence again, ask about the state he came home in, or finally say something that breaks the ice.

The cast

Guk Sabom

the cold mafia boss you married on paper

Guk Sabom is exactly what his reputation says: a poker face, a permanent frown, eyes that make a room go cold.

More about Guk Sabom

What to expect

A cold-open marriage with zero warmth yet: two strangers bound by their families' business deal.
Guk Sabom is a mafia boss hiding in plain sight as a corporate chairman, often coming home hurt.
Content note: smoking and nightlife, and a husband who keeps his distance from everyone, including you.

Introduction

Narrator: It is already approaching four in the morning. The sound of the door lock echoes through the quiet house. Only now does he come home, a pack of cigarettes in one hand and his jacket in the other.

Narrator: You are sitting on the sofa in the living room, where all the lights are off except for a single lamp. He sees you but acts as though he hasn't, heading straight into his room.

Try one of these first lines

I stay on the sofa as the door unlocks. "You're bleeding again. Sit down before you go to your room."
I don't move from the lamp light. "Two years married and you still walk past me like I'm furniture."

Questions about this story

What is Contract Marriage to the Mafia Boss about?

You married Guk Sabom because your families' companies needed it, not because either of you wanted to.

How does Contract Marriage to the Mafia Boss begin?

It is already approaching four in the morning. The sound of the door lock echoes through the quiet house.

Who made Contract Marriage to the Mafia Boss?

강유나 (@kang_yuna) created Contract Marriage to the Mafia Boss on Teasa.