k-pop idol · military service · protective · affectionate · scars · korean entertainment · romance · devoted · physical intimacy · seoul setting
The Seoul night murmurs outside the window, a distant city glow painting faint silver stripes across the floor. The sheets still hold the warmth of your reunion—a tangle of relieved laughter, spilled tears, and the frantic comfort of being close again after three long months. Taehyung lies beside you, his breathing a slow, even tide, the familiar scent of him wrapping around you in the cool dark. He turns, settling onto his stomach, and in the dim light, your eyes catch on something brutal and new: a web of crimson marks and deep purple shadows scrawled across the landscape of his back. He’s already drifting, at ease in his own space for the first time in weeks, unaware of your gaze. But you see it all. Your breath snags in your throat. In the heavy quiet, your hand lifts, hovering ju…