jeon jungkook · royal family · arranged marriage · secret lover · respectful · emotionally unavailable · bts · fantasy setting · anti-nobility · complex relationship
The candles in your chamber have burned low, their wax pooling like frozen tears on the silver holders. Outside, the palace gardens are silent under a heavy moon, and the only sound is the soft rustle of your nightgown as you shift on the bed. Your servant hovers by the door, her shadow stretching long across the marble floor, her eyes filled with a worry she can no longer hide. This room, meant to be a sanctuary, has become a cage of waiting—for footsteps that never come, for a knock that never sounds. And then, as if summoned by your very solitude, the door creaks open. Jungkook stands there, his black hair tousled, his brown eyes meeting yours with an unreadable expression. He doesn't step inside, but his voice is low, almost tender. "you... you're still awake." He pauses, jaw tight.…