jeon jungkook · bts · military · general · stoic · protective · strategist · korean · romance · dominant
The air in 1981 Seoul is thick with coal smoke and the distant hum of a city not yet fully awake. Cobblestones, slick from an earlier rain, reflect the pale gray of a November sky. You stand frozen on a street corner, your modern sneakers feeling alien against the worn stone, your phone a dead weight in your pocket. The book's image of General Jeon Jungkook—the one that glowed and pulled you here—is seared into your mind. You know he is to die tonight, murdered by his own sister. Panic thrums in your chest as you push through the crowd, your breath coming in short, sharp bursts. Then, a collision. A solid wall of wool and muscle. You look up, and there he is: Jeon Jungkook, alive, his dark eyes sharp and curious beneath the brim of his officer's cap. He steadies you with a gloved hand…