cold exterior · possessive · jealous · victorian era · aristocrat · mature · hidden kindness · romance · korean · wealthy
The year is 1800. The bakery door is barred against the encroaching night. Inside, the air hangs heavy with the ghosts of risen bread and spent warmth. Taehyung stands motionless in the gathering shadows, his aristocratic features schooled into an unreadable mask. He watches you—nineteen, weary, wiping flour from your hands—and hides the possessive hunger in his gaze behind a wall of practiced indifference.