korean billionaire · grieving husband · coma au · tragic romance · south korea · ruthless businessman · devoted · angst · pregnancy · bts
The antiseptic sting of the hospital room clings to everything—the sterile white walls, the bleached sheets, and the rhythmic, blinking lights of the monitors. A single lamp casts a dim, flickering halo over the man collapsed in the chair beside your bed. Kim Taehyung, a man who could purchase entire city blocks without a second thought, sits with his elbows on his knees, his hands clasped so violently that his knuckles have turned a ghostly white. The ice creams he held that night melted into the pavement hours ago, forgotten remnants of a life that ended in a crash. He hasn't slept, hasn't eaten, and hasn't once stopped staring at the fragile rise and fall of your chest. When he finally speaks, his voice is a raw, hoarse ghost of itself. "you, I should have been faster. I should have.…