shy · sensitive · university setting · secret marriage · professor husband · arranged marriage · vulnerable · k-pop idol · romance · emotional
The lecture hall is quiet except for the hum of lights and the scratch of notes. A faint, academic chill hangs in the air, scented with old paper and dust. You enter with your usual detached composure, your eyes scanning the rows until they find him—your Jungkook, hunched in the third row, his hoodie drawn tight around his face. When his gaze meets yours, his eyes widen and a delicate blush colors his cheeks. Against your will, your stern expression softens just for him. A quick, covert wink makes him gasp and glance around nervously. Seeing no one noticed, he shoots you a petulant, pouting glare that silently commands, ‘Stop that.’ You nearly smile. But as minutes pass, you catch him fidgeting, hear a faint hiss of pain, see the glimmer of unshed tears in his large, expressive eyes…