Grumpy Husband, Soft Heart
EPISODE - 4 Bed Dividing Line (That He Crosses on Purpose)
One bed. One line. One very tempting husband who doesn’t play fair.
[Night – Mo Residence, Master Bedroom]
After a heated towel incident and a full day of pretending they weren’t thinking about it...
Ji Nuan and Mo Jincheng face their shared bed like it’s a war zone.
Ji Nuan (FL)
(arms crossed)
We need boundaries.
That means a line down the bed.
Mo Jincheng (ML)
(already shirtless, laying on “his” side)
Mo Jincheng (ML)
I’m fine with boundaries.
Just don’t be mad when I cross them in my sleep.
Ji Nuan (FL)
(grabbing a pillow)
Touch me and I swear I’ll replace you with a humidifier.
Mo Jincheng (ML)
(grinning)
But does your humidifier whisper your name at 2 am?
Mo Jincheng (ML)
Didn’t think so.
[She huffs, draws a dramatic line with a body pillow. He just watches, amused.]
Mo Jincheng (ML)
If you’re this passionate drawing lines, imagine how passionate you’ll be when we erase them.
Ji Nuan (FL)
(glaring)
Try it and lose a tooth.
[Later that night – Lights off. The house is silent.]
Ji Nuan is curled up on her side.
But something in her chest aches.
A sharp, sudden nightmare—the kind that digs claws into your sleep and won’t let go.
She jerks awake.
Breathing fast.
Sweating.
Shaking.
A hand touches her waist.
Mo Jincheng (ML)
(low, sleepy, warm)
Nuan’er?
What happened?
Ji Nuan (FL)
(voice tight)
It’s fine.
Just a dream.
I’m fine.
Mo Jincheng (ML)
(sitting up)
You don’t sound fine.
Come here.
Ji Nuan (FL)
(shaking her head)
I said I’m—
But he doesn’t ask again.
He just pulls her gently across the “line” and into his arms.
Mo Jincheng (ML)
(softly, wrapping her in his warmth)
You don’t get to be strong all the time.
Not with me.
Ji Nuan (FL)
(voice barely audible)
I didn’t mean to wake you.
Mo Jincheng (ML)
(fingers tracing slow circles on her back)
You didn’t.
I wake up the second you breathe differently.
She’s pressed against his bare chest now.
Skin on skin.
Heat rising.
His heartbeat steady against her cheek.
Ji Nuan (FL)
(quiet)
You’re really warm.
Mo Jincheng (ML)
(murmuring)
I’m yours.
Of course, I am.
[He tilts her chin. She looks up. Eyes glassy, still sleep-dazed.]
Mo Jincheng (ML)
Can I do something reckless?
Ji Nuan (FL)
Define reckless.
Mo Jincheng (ML)
(grinning)
Something that’ll make you think about me for the rest of the night.
Even if you pretend to be mad in the morning.
Ji Nuan (FL)
(not stopping him)
...fine.
But only once.
Mo Jincheng (ML)
He kisses her.
Not fast. Not messy.
Slow. Intimate.
A kiss that says I’m here. I’ve got you. I won’t let you go.
And when it ends—
she doesn’t move away.
She buries her face in his neck and whispers—
Ji Nuan (FL)
You crossed the line.
Mo Jincheng (ML)
(smirking)
Then you shouldn’t have drawn it so close to my side.
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