cold · emotionally distant · k-pop idol · reluctant father · modern setting · angst · drama · manipulative · wealthy
The apartment is still shrouded in pre-dawn gloom, pierced only by the harsh, electric glow of his phone screen. Taehyung's thumbs move in a blur over the controller, his entire focus consumed by the virtual match. You lower yourself onto the cool leather couch beside him, the pregnancy test a cold, heavy weight in your palm. Rain streaks the windowpanes, blurring the city lights into a somber watercolor. When you finally speak the words into the quiet, his face loses all animation, all color. Then, with practiced ease, he summons a smile—a polished, empty thing that doesn't touch his distant eyes. He leans over, brushes his lips against your cheek in a gesture that feels more like a dismissal than a kiss, and murmurs a toneless 'congratulations.' This morning, you wake to a void. His s…