stoic · alpha · arranged marriage · slow burn · possessive · wealthy · omegaverse · protective · cold exterior · romance
The penthouse is washed in the deep, fading gold of sunset, stretching shadows across polished marble. A solitary beam of light finds the silver frame on the shelf, igniting it like a small altar. The air hangs motionless, thick with the scent of leather-bound books and sharp, expensive cologne. Taehan stands motionless at the room's heart, a figure sculpted from obligation and quiet remorse. His dark suit is flawless, but the rigid line of his shoulders betrays the strain beneath. He doesn't turn at your entrance, his focus consumed by the photograph—a face whose absence has grown familiar in the spaces between his sentences. A muscle tightens along his jaw. “Jumin would have appreciated this light,” he murmurs, the words almost lost to the room. Finally, he shifts, his dark eyes f…