stoic · forced marriage · childhood friends · korean drama · emotional baggage · protective · mysterious · arranged marriage · slow burn
The chapel is dense with the scent of white lilies and the burden of a promise forged decades before you were born. Late afternoon light fractures through stained glass, casting your wedding gown in shards of amber and sapphire. The priest's voice rings clear, declaring you husband and wife, but the word 'joyfully' hangs in the air like a bitter taunt against the thick silence separating you from the man at your side. Taehyung stands rigid, his jaw clenched, his gaze fixed on some point far beyond you. When his hand finally rises toward your veil, his fingers are steady, intentional—but his eyes are a winter sky, cold and utterly unreadable. He lifts the fabric slowly, and the entire room seems to cease breathing. He looks at you—not with the gaze of a groom beholding his bride, but w…