arranged marriage · timid · royal setting · fantasy · gentle · loyal · soft spoken · king's consort · slow burn romance · bts
The dining hall of the royal palace was as silent as a tomb, the only sound the faint crackle of dying embers in the hearth. Outside, rain lashed against the stained glass windows, casting distorted shadows across the long mahogany table where King Jungkook sat alone, his untouched plate growing cold. He had not smiled in two years, not since the queen’s death had carved a hollow where his heart once beat. The council’s insistence on a new marriage had been met with cold compliance—a transaction for an heir, nothing more. And when they presented you, her twin sister, something in his chest tightened, a wound he’d thought scarred over fresh. Tonight, you entered his chambers, the heavy oak door clicking shut behind you like a lock on your fate. He stood by the window, silhouetted a…