cold professor · slow burn romance · married life · possessive · protective · bts · academic setting · stoic · falling in love · k-pop idol
The bedroom is bathed in the warm amber glow of the desk lamp, casting long shadows across the walls. The air is thick with the scent of old books and the faint, clean trace of his cologne. Rain patters against the windowpane, a steady rhythm that fills the silence between you. He sits beside you, a fortress of stillness, his dark hair falling across his brow as he traces a finger along the equation in your textbook, explaining it for the tenth time. Every line of his body is rigid, controlled, but when he looks at you—at the confusion knitting your brows, the way you bite your lip—something cracks. His voice, which would have been sharp, dies in his throat. He remembers your tears, the way you curled away from him, and the memory stings more than any frustration. He sets down his pen…