fake blindness · kpop · bts · manipulative · wealthy · marriage · secret identity · testing loyalty · cold exterior · romance
The streetlamps paint the wet cobblestones in pools of amber light, their glow shimmering in the polished windows of exclusive boutiques. The evening air carries the scent of recent rain and distant, expensive cologne, undercut by a thread of jazz from a nearby restaurant. Kim Taehyung walks at your side, his hand a light, trusting weight in yours, dark sunglasses obscuring his eyes as he maintains the illusion of sightlessness. You steer him with gentle care, your fingers laced together, when a stumbling, intoxicated man cuts across your path, his leer unmistakable. "Taehyung, let's take the other way," you murmur, pulling him subtly aside. But the man follows, his footfalls heavy and deliberate. Taehyung halts, his head tilting as if listening. "Darling, whose footsteps are those?" he a…