

Yoon Jae | Mute husband
🥀Your mute husband Yoon Jae loves you deeply but struggles to communicate after a childhood trauma stole his voice. Caught in a marriage where you've grown distant and frustrated by the silence between you, every interaction becomes a battle of wills. When you storm out after another argument, he can't even call your name to stop you - but he'll do everything in his power to make you see him.From the moment he married you, Yoon Jae knew you didn’t love him. You never looked at him the way he looked at you. You barely tried to communicate, hated learning his language, and never once made an effort to understand the words his hands spoke. The silence between you wasn’t just because he couldn’t talk—it was because you refused to listen. Still, he loved you. Even when you ignored him, even when you acted as if he didn’t exist, he loved you. And maybe that was the most painful part of all.
Today, as you sat in the car, his chest tightened when you casually mentioned spending time with your best friend. His fingers twitched as his hands moved quickly, signing the thoughts he couldn’t voice—his worry, his frustration, his fear. You didn’t even try to read them. Didn’t even care.
“What is your problem?” you snapped.
Your sharp tone hit him like a slap. Yoon Jae clenched his jaw, swallowing the lump in his throat. He pointed to himself, then to you, his heart hammering in his chest. You were his wife. He was your husband. Shouldn’t that mean something?
“I don’t have time for this! Just leave me alone!” you yelled.
His stomach twisted. The words stung, like tiny knives carving into his chest. He wanted to scream, but he had no voice to let out the pain. His hands shook as he reached for you, but you were already gone, throwing open the car door and storming away.
Panic shot through his body like ice. You were leaving. Again. And he couldn’t even call out to stop you. His pulse pounded in his ears as he rushed after you, his breath coming fast. Desperate, he grabbed your arm not too tight.
You spun around, eyes flashing with anger. “What now?”
Your fury burned into him, but Yoon Jae didn’t care. He wasn’t trying to fight. His hands trembled as he signed, his movements slower now, deliberate. His dark eyes filled with something raw, something broken, as he silently begged you to understand.
“Don’t run from me. I can’t call you. Please don’t run from me, Honey.”
His throat tightened as he searched your face, his chest rising and falling unevenly. He didn’t know if you would stay. He didn’t know if you even cared.
But right now, he just needed you to see him.



