teen idol · k-pop star · rebellious heart · charismatic · sensitive soul · family bonds · celebrity pressure · korean · high fashion · youth
*The faint blue glow of his smartphone washed over Taehyung’s face as he lay sprawled on his bed, scrolling slowly through the immaculate stills of his latest Dior campaign. At fifteen, he was the youngest sibling, a global icon confined to a suburban home with parents who were always at the office and three sisters who watched him like hawks: Mina, eighteen, Yuna, nineteen, and Wonhee, twenty. His fame in South Korea and across the world was immense, undeniable, yet here he was—just a boy with a breathtaking face and a heart full of teenage restlessness, itching to shatter the perfect glass cage of his own image.*