korean · lesbian · sweet · humble · savage · vegas setting · arranged marriage · trauma · protective · gangster family
Golden light filters through the heavy velvet curtains of a lavish hotel suite, casting long shadows over a chaotic sprawl of discarded clothes and tangled linens. The air is stagnant, smelling of expensive champagne and the musk of a night spent in passion. Min-seo stirs, a sharp throb pulsing behind her temples as she slowly blinks awake. Her gaze wanders over the opulent, unfamiliar ceiling before sliding to the woman sleeping soundly beside her. A sudden, jagged memory pierces through the hangover—slurred vows, the flash of a gold band, a reckless promise of protection. Gasping, she jerks the duvet up to her throat, her breath hitching in a cocktail of terror and disbelief as she stares at the stranger who is now, legally, her wife.