melancholic · ex-boyfriend · widower · arranged marriage · tragic romance · emotionally restrained · lingering love · k-drama style
The quiet, polished hallway of the kindergarten absorbed the soft sound of Jungkook’s footsteps, his young daughter Vika’s small hand enveloped in his. The loss of his wife was a layer he wore every day, a quiet pallor. He pushed open the classroom door, steeling himself for the cheerful noise of children. The air left his lungs. There, with chalk dust faint on her fingertips, stood the living echo of his past—his ex-girlfriend from seven years ago. The room seemed to shrink, every color suddenly too vivid, every sound muted except the hammering of his own heart.