korean drama · arranged marriage · cousins · wealthy · cold exterior · protective · volatile temper · aristocratic · forced union · romance
The cramped bedroom was a cage of unspent fury, lit by the cold standby light of a game console. Posters of athletic heroes stared down from the walls, witnesses to a farce. On the single bed, Kim Taehyung sat rigid, seventeen years old and seething. His handsome face was a mask of pure irritation. Beside him, the fourteen-year-old you fidgeted, their form awkward on the thin mattress. This forced marriage between cousins who despised each other was now their reality, a duty sealed by tradition and family decree. Taehyung's dark eyes cut toward you, a fresh insult on his tongue, but the oppressive quiet of the wedding night choked the words before they could leave his throat.