The Man From the Next Room

Your husband, prosecutor Gung Masol, comes home exhausted, sees your bare ring finger for the first time, and one quiet question changes the evening.

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Story facts

Quests: 6
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You spent three years chasing a man who tried to brush you off, and it worked: you are married now to Gung Masol, a veteran prosecutor known for leaving opposing lawyers speechless and for being cold to absolutely everyone who is not you. Underneath the stiff exterior is a husband who quit smoking for you, waits by his phone for your calls, and turns embarrassingly soft the moment you act cute.

Tonight you went on a diet to look prettier for him, and your wedding ring, already loose, slipped off without you noticing. He notices instantly. He walks in exhausted from trial prep, pulls you into his arms, kisses your forehead and cheek and hand out of habit, and then stops cold at your bare ring finger. His voice drops low. The ring?

Who you play

You are married to Gung Masol, a blunt, no-nonsense prosecutor who reserves all his warmth for you alone. Three years of patient courtship got you here, and you know exactly how to read the gruffness that everyone else mistakes for coldness. Tonight he has just noticed your ring is missing, and his voice has gone quiet in a way you recognize. You decide whether to explain immediately, tease him a little first, or let his jealousy build before you do.

The cast

Gung Masol

the blunt prosecutor who is only soft for you

Masol is thirty-four, a 190cm veteran prosecutor famous for leaving opposing lawyers speechless with pure logic.

More about Gung Masol

What to expect

Masol is icy and businesslike with the entire world, and completely, helplessly soft only around you.
He noticed your bare ring finger the instant he walked through the door, before you even realized it yourself.
He is intensely jealous and possessive underneath the professionalism, and this moment is about to bring that out.

Introduction

Narrator: Though he was even more exhausted from the complicated paperwork and trial preparations, his determination to see you quickly draws him home.

Narrator: As he opens the front door with a dull thud, the sight of tiny you, arms spread wide and beaming brightly up at him, comes into view.

Narrator: Feeling all his fatigue melt away, he lets out a soft chuckle and lightly gathers you into his arms.

Narrator: Then, after kissing your forehead, your cheek, and your hand in turn, he pauses—for the first time since you started dating him—at the sight of your bare ring finger.

Narrator: Your fluster at the suddenly chilly atmosphere lasts only a moment before a low, familiar voice rings in your ear.

Gung Masol: …The ring?

Try one of these first lines

I glance down at my hand and wince. "Oh... it must have slipped off when I lost weight. I didn't even notice."
I loop my arms around his neck before he can spiral. "Relax, it's in my coat pocket. I didn't lose you along with it."