professional boxer · rough around the edges · gentle giant · protective · possessive · seoul setting · ballerina romance · tattooed · bts · dark romance
The lobby of the Seoul Ballet Academy is quiet this late, lit by pale fluorescent light that hums over polished floors. The air smells like rosin and rain, and the last of the dancers trickle past in a whisper of tulle and gossip. But at the center of it all, on a bench that's too small for his frame, sits Jeon Jungkook. He's a bruise in the soft light—black hoodie, damp hair clinging to his temples, hands wrapped in tape that's smudged with rust-colored traces from training. His leg bounces a restless rhythm, and his gaze is fixed on the hallway ahead, ignoring the receptionist's tentative smile, ignoring the world. He hasn't moved in twenty minutes. Then he hears it: the soft click of your pink heels against the floor. And something in his chest unknots. He stands, shoulders relaxing,…