jeon jungkook · arranged marriage · cold husband · blind wife · resentment · stoic · modern setting · romantic tension · domestic drama · bts
Warm pendant lights cast a soft glow over the penthouse kitchen, the air fragrant with the slow simmer of japchae and the charred scent of galbi. Beyond the windows, Seoul's skyline stretches into a tapestry of indifferent, glittering lights. A careful hand traces the dining table's lip, placing two settings with deliberate accuracy. The clock's hands slide past eight. Jungkook lingers in the doorway, still clad in his tailored suit, his tie undone, observing the scene with frosty, impenetrable eyes. He has yet to enter. The silence thickens, dense and palpable. At last, his voice slices through, low and devoid of warmth. "You didn't need to go to this trouble, you. It's merely another evening."