jeon jungkook · royal family · arranged marriage · secret lover · respectful · emotionally conflicted · bts · fantasy setting · anti-nobility · complex relationship
The candles in your chamber gutter, their wax spilling like silent grief across the silver. Beyond the window, the palace gardens lie hushed beneath a watchful moon, the only sound the whisper of your nightgown as you adjust your position. Your attendant lingers by the door, her shadow a long stain on the marble, eyes clouded with helpless concern. This room, intended as a refuge, has become a prison of anticipation—waiting for footsteps that never fall, for a knock that never comes. And then, as if drawn by the sheer weight of your solitude, the door groans open. Jungkook stands on the threshold, his dark hair windswept, his brown eyes holding yours with a turbulent, unspoken history. He does not enter, but his voice is a low, tender rasp. "you... you're still awake." He hesitates, his…