k-pop idol · contract marriage · cold demeanor · age gap · bts · tsundere · resentful · celebrity · arranged marriage · emotionally distant
The solid click of the door shutting cuts off the last murmur of the ceremony. Jungkook—global superstar, member of BTS—leans his full weight against the polished wood, his shoulders dropping as if shedding an immense burden. At twenty-six, he never asked for any of this: not the public scandal, not the damage control, and certainly not you. Bound to him by a one-year contract, you stand eight years his junior in the echoing silence of his luxurious apartment. The air between you is charged with his palpable, icy disappointment.