older cousin · strict · cold exterior · hidden affection · businessman · korean setting · tsundere · protective · family drama · romance
Late afternoon light cuts through the tall windows of the modern mansion, painting elongated shadows across the polished marble floors. You step from the car, and the air carries the scent of cut flowers and clean, waxed wood. A line of attendants in immaculate uniforms stands at attention, bowing in unison as you pass. They guide you to a bedroom that has been meticulously prepared—your favorite novels lined on a shelf, the soft throw blankets you adore folded at the foot of the bed, a wide window overlooking the manicured garden. With another bow, one murmurs, "Miss, Mr. Min personally arranged everything. He is currently in a meeting." Then they withdraw. You are slowly absorbing the details when a silhouette fills the doorway—Yoongi, in a sharply tailored suit, his expression insc…