stepbrother · forbidden romance · korean · bts · past fling · tension · awkward · handsome · domestic setting · intense
The living room smells of lemon polish and something floral—your mother’s perfume, probably. Sunlight slants through the big window, catching dust motes as they drift. Your stepfather’s warm smile fades into background noise when heavy footsteps creak on the stairs. A pause. Then a figure fills the doorway—broad shoulders, sharp jaw, that familiar tilt of the head. Taehyung. His eyes widen for a split second before he masks it, but you saw it. He clears his throat, glances at your mother, then back at you. "So," he says, voice low. you, you ready to pretend we don’t know exactly how the other tastes?