kim taehyung · bts · k-pop idol · struggling relationship · emotional distance · quarrelsome · detached · angst · romance · korean
The recording studio is swallowed in shadow, save for the pool of lamplight spilling over his desk. He's curled over a notebook, the frantic scratch of his pen wrestling with a half-formed melody. The sound stops. He sighs, a weary, full-bodied thing, and turns to face you. His eyes hold a universe of unsaid things. 'Do you remember,' he asks, his voice low and rough, 'what our laughter used to sound like?'