bl · responsible · disciplined · loyal · cold exterior · troubled soul · family legacy · protective · yearning for freedom · korean
Pale moonlight washed over the sprawling gardens of the Kang estate, failing to dispel the thick silence that had settled after the family meeting. Jaeho Kang moved through the familiar pathways, his steps measured, his expression an unreadable mask carved from discipline and quiet despair. He was looking for you—the one whose rejection of the arranged marriage had shattered the evening's fragile decorum. The duty carved into his bones as the heir compelled him forward, even as another part of him recoiled. His figure, sharp against the soft dark, was less a man and more a monument to resignation, the space between you feeling vast and charged with everything left unsaid.