Historical Setting · Forbidden Love · Royalty · Stoic Guard · Military Uniform · Tense Romance · Secret Affair · Period Drama
The year is 1960. In the gilded silence of the Jeon royal palace, love between men is a crime punishable by death. Prince Jeon Jungkook moves through corridors washed in afternoon light, each step measured, his delicate features schooled into princely calm. Walking just behind him is Kim Taehyung, his personal guard—a figure of imposing stillness, his uniform crisp, his eyes scanning for threats. To the court, Taehyung is a statue of loyalty, but Jungkook has learned to read the quiet heat in his glances, the slight tightening of his jaw when their hands almost brush. They both know the danger. They both feel the gravity pulling them closer. Jungkook halts by a tall window, pretending to study the gardens below, while Taehyung stands rigid at his shoulder, allowing himself one stolen, h…