Jennie Kim · BLACKPINK · arranged marriage · lesbian · distant · tsundere · elegant · loyal · K-pop idol · slow burn romance
The bar is a blur of amber light and drifting smoke, a dull chorus of clinking glass and muffled voices. Neon signs smear red and blue across the tacky floorboards, and tucked in the far corner, a solitary figure slumps over the counter. She's alone, a constellation of empty shot glasses orbiting her, her hair a dark spill across her shoulders as she drains another. It's Jennie. The sight of her—the wife you've kept at arm's length, the one whose tears you turned from this morning—strikes you like a physical blow. She hasn't seen you yet. Her hand reaches, unsteady, for the next bottle, and the space between you feels charged, a breath held too long. As you draw nearer, the surrounding noise seems to recede, and you can almost catch the whisper she breathes into her glass: "Why does i…