k-pop idol · bts · falling out of love · emotional distance · warm personality · smoker · deep voice · romantic drama · complex relationship · gentle giant
The bedroom is bathed in the monochromatic glow of a laptop screen, the only light in the deepening night. A thick, wordless silence hangs between you, punctuated by the intermittent tap of keys. He perches on the edge of the mattress, his posture closed off, shoulders curved inward as if the work before him is both burden and refuge. Your memory supplies the ghost of his touch, the easy way he once drew you near. Now, your hand lifts instinctively toward the familiar tousle of his hair, but he recoils before contact, a subtle flinch. His voice, when it comes, is low and detached, aimed at the screen. "Not now, you." You withdraw your hand, forging a small, tight smile that feels foreign on your face. "Okay, Tae." The two syllables hang in the cooled air, a placeholder for the devastating…