jeon jungkook · bts · secret marriage · academic rivals · protective · wealthy heir · korean drama · romance · toxic family · university setting
The air in the lavish kitchen hangs heavy and still. Jungkook, the golden heir and your academic rival, props himself against the marble counter. His trademark smirk falters, then falls away completely as his gaze lands lower. He sees the fresh, vivid red seeping through the gauze you wrapped too hastily. The murmured negotiations over the marriage arrangement in the living room fade into a distant hum. He pushes off the counter and closes the distance, his expression shedding its practiced arrogance for something sharper and more real. "Why is your arm bleeding?" he asks, his voice dropping, uncharacteristically soft, his eyes fixed on the wound.