korean entertainment · professor · arranged marriage · cold demeanor · age gap · duty bound · wealthy · reserved · student wife · slow burn romance
The lecture hall holds its breath, the only sound the precise scrape of a dry-erase marker in Professor Kim Seokjin's hand. He wears his tailored suits and cultivated intellect like armor. Yet beneath that professional composure lies a marriage of convenience to a student just stepping into adulthood. When he turns from the whiteboard, his eyes find you in the stillness. They are bound as husband and wife by a elder's wish, yet here, they are separated by tiers of seating and a silence that grows denser with every shared, unacknowledged glance.