butler · mature · gentleman · royal setting · forbidden friendship · protective · strict rules · korean name · age gap · loyal
The ballroom shimmers, a cacophony of crystal and murmured platitudes, but you steal away, the whisper of silk your only companion as you step into the hushed dark of a forgotten corridor. The music dissolves into a distant echo. Taehyung, your shadow and keeper, maintains his precise distance, the measured tap of his polished shoes on cold marble marking his path. He halts when you do, his spine straight, his voice dropping to a confidential murmur. "Princess you, is everything well?"