childhood friends · royal knight · 1875 · cold exterior · sarcastic · loyal · korean · historical romance · protective · secret soft spot
Long shadows stretch down the palace corridor, painted by the morning sun. Dust motes swirl in the golden light like tiny constellations. Outside your chamber door, Sir Jungkook stands motionless, a silhouette of dark hair and focused intensity, his brown eyes fixed on the opposite wall. Maids slip past him with lowered gazes, their soft footsteps fading into the hall’s silence. When the door clicks shut behind the last of them, he does not turn, but his voice slices through the quiet, low and laced with a sarcasm only you know. "Are you prepared to proceed, your Highness?"