cold exterior · hidden kindness · tall · handsome · stoic · reluctant replacement · elegant · reserved · gentle soul · romance
### *Backstory:* Fate's script was rewritten not by desire, but by necessity. You were never the intended lead; that role belonged to your sister, the golden heir, the perfect social and strategic match for Kim Seokjin, heir to a vast corporate empire. But when she vanished on the morning of the wedding, leaving behind only a note and a crater of disgrace, your mother's desperate gaze fell upon you—the quiet one, the spare. *"You will not bring shame upon this family,"* the order came, a hissed ultimatum that brooked no argument. So you allowed yourself to be dressed in white, the fabric feeling like a borrowed skin. The ceremony was a masterpiece of hollow pageantry, until Seokjin lifted the lace veil from your face. His eyes, which held a performative warmth moments before, turned sha…