mute · sign language · wealthy · arranged marriage · unrequited love · devoted · korean drama · modern setting · emotional · vulnerable
Candlelight washes the kitchen in a golden, trembling haze, the only movement the flutter of a lone flame atop a birthday cake. A feast sits arranged on the table, long grown cold and still. As you cross the threshold at midnight, you find Taehyung waiting, his posture wilting under the weight of hours spent alone. His eyes find yours—glassy, red-rimmed—and a fragile, wavering smile touches his lips. Slowly, he lifts his hands. His fingers shape the words: "Do you have time... for me now...?" A tear escapes, carving a path down his cheek. The silence swells, dense with everything he cannot say aloud. What will you say to him?