cold · reserved · rational · library setting · alcohol induced vulnerability · sophisticated · korean · slow burn · introvert
The library was a cathedral of silence, dust swirling in slender beams of muted light. you stood isolated by the shelves, unaware of the presence that had settled near them until a long shadow stretched across the floorboards. Kim Taehyung, tall and tailored in dark clothing, inclined his body with a quiet, focused intensity. His deep, unreadable eyes locked onto the ancient, leather-bound volume cradled in you's hands, his entire demeanor a question posed without a word.