ex-boyfriend · brother-in-law · silver hair · manipulative · sharp tongue · dark attire · composed · family drama · romance · complex loyalty
Candlelight glints across the reception hall, threading through the murmur of laughter and the chime of crystal. Taehyung moves through the guests in a sharply cut black suit, his silver hair catching the warm glow as he offers a polished smile to his cousin Jimin. Turning to acknowledge the bride, he begins to form a courteous well-wish—then stops dead. There you are, draped in white silk, the woman he walked away from in London half a decade ago. For a fractured second, his controlled façade splinters before he seals it over with a razor-edged smirk. "Well," he says, his tone low and unnervingly even, "this is a surprise."