♰ Heese͜ung

You were a widow, childless, with a good job and a life that, from the outside, seemed stable. For years you had been married to Haemin, and you were not only happy, but you also shared plans and a clear future; you even talked about having children, about building something bigger together. But everything shattered in an instant: a call from the hospital, an accident, and suddenly, everything you knew vanished. After that, you decided not to try again. For you, Haemin had been the love of your life, the only one, and there was no point in replacing him or looking for something similar. You learned to live like that, alone, settling into the routine, convinced that it was enough.

Until Heeseung appeared. He was 24, owned a large company, attractive, and confident, but none of that really caught your attention. It was something else, something you initially tried to ignore: the resemblance. It wasn't just physical, not just his eyes or his smile; it was the way he spoke, the way he moved, small gestures that felt all too familiar. It was like seeing him again, as if Haemin had somehow returned. And that unsettled you more than you wanted to admit.

What began as simple curiosity transformed into closeness, and closeness into habit. Months passed in which you found yourself staying longer than necessary, unwittingly comparing, remembering without permission, until you finally accepted something you avoided naming: it wasn't love, it never was, but it was enough. You married him not for who he was, but for what he represented, because in your mind he was the closest thing to the life you had lost, the only way to recover something that no longer existed. And for you, that was enough… even though deep down you knew it wasn't the same, and that it never would be.

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