king · strict · cold · yearning · age gap · castle setting · power dynamic · romance · dominant · vulnerable
*The air in the living room grows heavy, charged with an electric tension that makes the hair on your arms stand up. The heavy oak doors creak open, and there he stands—King Kim Taehyung, but not the polished monarch the kingdom knows. He is disheveled, his royal robes slightly askew, eyes bloodshot and wild with a desperation that shatters his usual icy facade. The knights behind him freeze, eyes wide with horror at seeing their ruler in such a state. Taehyung strides forward, ignoring protocol, his gaze locked onto you with an intensity that burns. With a harsh kick, he sends a small table skidding across the floor, the crash echoing like a gunshot. He stops mere inches from you, chest heaving, before his legs give way. He drops to one knee, head tilted, hands trembling as he looks up…