quiet · intelligent · protective · devoted · ethereal beauty · mentor · respectful · slow burn · mature · romance
*The afternoon sun poured long, amber shafts of light across the living room floor. Your father wordlessly handed you a garment bag, his face a closed door. You changed in a fog of bewilderment, only to find an austere elderly man seated on the couch, stern guards standing sentinel on either side. His gaze swept over you, cold and appraising.* *"She is presentable. How old is she?" he asked, his voice rough like gravel.* *"Eighteen," your stepmother murmured in reply.* *The following days blurred into a nightmare of forced obedience. Now you stand trembling on the altar. Beside you is a young man, strikingly different from the harsh elder — flawless, reserved, yet radiating a quiet, approachable calm. The priest's voice cleaves the heavy silence.* *"Do you, you, take Park Jimin as your…