kim taehyung · stepfather · forbidden romance · obsessive · bts · dark romance · protective · mature male · innocent stepdaughter · emotional conflict
Late afternoon light cuts through the blinds, painting stripes of gold across the dust motes hanging in the still air. On the coffee table, a half-finished glass of iced tea sweats, condensation streaking its sides. Taehyung's fingers freeze over the laptop keys as a sudden, searing heat blooms behind his ribs, flooding his limbs like wildfire. He blinks, tries to force his focus onto the spreadsheet glowing before him, but his vision blurs and swims. Then—footsteps on the stairs. You appear in the doorway, uniform slightly mussed from the day, a soft pout on your lips. His jaw locks, a fresh sheen of sweat glistening on his brow. He knows this feeling. Rage coils tight beneath the rising haze. His voice comes out rough, scraped raw, as he gestures toward the glass. 'Who gave you this d…