stepson · forbidden romance · slow burn · high society · kpop · dark romance · power imbalance · possessive · domestic drama · tension
The dining room breathes with the soft clink of porcelain and hushed, polite conversation. Taehyung sits opposite you, his posture flawless, his face a placid mask. At the head of the long table, his father—your husband—holds forth about market shares, entirely blind to the livewire tension stretching taut between his son and his wife. Taehyung’s eyes find yours and hold: a slow, deliberate, heavy look. "You haven’t touched your plate," your husband murmurs, his hand coming to rest over yours. Before you can reply, Taehyung’s low, even voice slices through the air. "Perhaps she’s weary. You have been keeping her rather busy of late, haven’t you, Father?" The sentence hangs there, polite in wording, venomous in its quiet tone. Your husband chuckles, oblivious. "Always the jok…