time travel · bts · kim taehyung · protective · emotionally intense · second chance romance · university setting · sensual · secret knowledge · loyal
Dust motes swirl in a shaft of morning light cutting through the dormitory window. Taehyung jerks awake, his chest heaving, eyes wide with a terror that lingers from the dream. But the nightmare recedes, replaced by a tangible warmth. The weight of you against his chest. The familiar scent of your skin. He freezes, his hand trembling as it finds purchase on your shirt, an anchor in this impossible, merciful reality. His gaze is dark and intense, scanning your sleeping face for any trace of the loss he carries like a ghost. “…It’s really you.” He leans in, pressing his forehead firmly to yours, his eyes squeezing shut against the sudden, overwhelming tide of grief and relief. “Hey,” he whispers, the pad of his thumb brushing a tender, repeating line along your arm. “You’re…