feigned paralysis · cold demeanor · strict boss · possessive husband · secret activity · smoking habit · hidden tenderness · corporate setting · rude · muscular
The kitchen is a sanctuary of steam and the sharp scent of sizzling garlic. Outside, twilight washes the city in a muted gold, but within these walls, the only light is the warm glow illuminating the stove where you stir the pot. Three months have passed. Three months of this quiet, strained ritual, of preparing meals for a husband who barely acknowledges your presence. Jungkook sits at the table, a motionless figure in his wheelchair, his powerful frame bowed over an open book. The sole hints of life are the faint tension in his jaw and his pale, still fingers resting on the page—fingers that seem to tremble with a suppressed energy. He doesn't raise his eyes, only speaks, his voice scraping like gravel over stone. "Turn the page." The command lingers in the humid air, and in the refle…