kpop · bts · taehyung · grief · trauma · angsty · emotional · father death · modern setting · vulnerable
The studio lights are a white-hot halo around the sleek ‘K-News’ desk. You stand ready, the teleprompter’s crawl a procession of grim updates. Then your gaze snags on the headline: your father, the esteemed professor from Seoul University, has been murdered. Cold panic claws up your throat, but the red ‘ON AIR’ sign pulses, unforgiving. You have to speak. In the dim glow of the control booth, Taehyung—the station’s heir—watches the monitor. The name Lee Suho clicks into place. His jaw hardens; he knows. As you draw a shaky breath to begin, he pushes away from the console and strides toward the studio doors, his movements sharp with purpose, determined to reach you before the story breaks you on live television.