Scent Of A Woman {KNJ Romance}
Scent of a Woman {KNJ romance}

Pairing: leopard hybrid parfumerie boss!Namjoon x female reader!employee
Genre: Hybrid AU. Romance. Smut. Pining. Slow burn. Angst. strong father themes. NOT DADDY-type themes. EXPLICIT đđđ
Warnings: super super eemootiionaaal sex- is that a warning? No breed-you-with-my-pups here. Leopard-style sex, which just means, really, he comes in from the back ( I watched Nat Geo to make sure LOL). Mirror sex (so that they can look at each other @ralypenny this is part of your ask that I finally fulfilled).
Summary: In this hybrid AU, hybrids are rich and powerful. You are fully human in form and in weakness. Too bad youâre falling for your hybrid boss. And mayhaps heâs falling for you.
Word count: 10k
Special thanks: @hobi-gif for being a kick-ass beta reader with 56 edits that I never knew I needed. You read this while you were so tired, and took the time to encourage me. I'm so grateful.
Much appreciation to the following who have read it in some point of draft form and encouraged me: @httpnamjoonie94reads @jinfizz, @bonvoyagenoona @bangtanmademedoit @lcksndkys @xjoonchildx
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âStupid human,
Homo sapien
Little Alien
Tiny Cranium
Eat uranium
Poop Titanium
Homo sapien
Stupid human.â
You know the chant by heart.
Even now, more than twenty years later, the tune, the cadence, the leering faces that surrounded you are hauntingly familiar.
One glance at your comparably smaller build, your simple clothes, your plain, singular-species face was obvious enough to announce to anyone that youâre fully human.
The hybrids of your time are often part of the super-rich. Itâs no surprise considering their survival instincts for attracting the richest, biggest, smartest, and fastest mates are well-honed from centuries of evolution.
Imbued with stronger genes than full-blooded humans, the hybrids live longer, look prettier, work faster, breed better, and probably fuck harder too.
So you were expected to count yourself lucky your mother worked as a live-in housekeeper for a rich hybrid family. And you were expected to count yourself lucky that their residential address allowed you to benefit from the most exclusive school districts in the country full of wealthy hybrids.
But you werenât lucky.
Everyone knew you as the housekeeperâs daughter, as if that were more dignified than your name. Everyone made fun of you for being smaller, slower, shorter. More human.
And every day, you trudged to school, walking down the halls feeling like prey waiting to be fed to a room full of predators.
So you suffered alone through elementary, middle, and high school, always as the housekeeperâs daughter, always the butt of their jokes, always ready with fingers curled into hard fists to fend for yourself.
With each passing year, three things became clear to you:
You could never work for a hybrid.
You would never date a hybrid.
You should never, ever fuck a hybrid.
(Unless he was really good looking.)
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Kim Namjoon feels a little disconcerted.
Heâs always been uber confident in his decisions, single-minded in his pursuit to establish the cityâs most sought after bespoke parfumerie.
But lately, heâs doubting his choice to hire you as his shop assistant.
Your presence in his parfumerie disorients him. At first, itâs how the shopâs minimalist decor was suddenly disrupted by a burst of colour when you snuck in an inelegant bunch of flowers and placed them in a little jar of water, tucked away in an inconspicuous corner.
The old florist at the corner couldnât sell this yesterday was your excuse. The petals were starting to droop, leaves yellowing with age, stems weak and insipid. And though the red gerberas clashed with the pathetic little violets, they held his gaze whenever he passed by.
Every day, a new bunch of sad-looking flowers would sit in the same jar, in different leftover color combinations. And every day, he found himself looking forward to them. Today itâs bright pink carnations mixed with orange marigolds, vulgar in their color but intriguing in their scent. Yesterday, it was half-dead roses mixed with a bright yellow peony.
Heâs used to perfectionâ precision even ânot this explosive mess of color and smells. By his standards, he should not even think these haphazard flowers are pretty. But here he is, admiring the furl of the carnation petal, thinking how silky smooth it feels despite its ragged edge. Itâs almost⊠beautiful, nevermind the little brown flecks from its over exposure in the sun.
He doesnât know why he quietly lets you bring this visual chaos into the calm monochrome of his shop. Or why he stops breathing a little when you brush past him to dust the corner of the shelf. (The shop has never been cleaner since you arrived.)
He canât fathom why itâs suddenly hard to finalize the top notes of a perfume for one of his most important clients. Or why he finds himself wondering about the shampoo youâre using because the fragrance is driving him insane with curiosity.
But here you are, tying your buttery yellow hair ribbon on the door handle because it looks pretty like that and you heard an old country song on the way here and thereâs no old oak tree to tie that around so the door will have to do.
He grimaces a little at your prattling, not trusting himself to speak. Because, truth be told, he wants nothing more than to rip off that ribbon and let his nose linger all over the satin fabric. He wants to, no, needs to, break down the entire fragrance profile which teases him every time youâre near.
Itâs only logical since heâs in the perfume business.
At least, this is what he tells himself as he clenches his knuckles white to stop himself.
Only logical.
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Sometimes, you wonder what itâs like to be thoroughly fucked by the Kim Namjoon.
But of course, as your boss, heâs off limits like everyone else youâve been attracted to. Letâs see⊠there was your brotherâs best friend, your best friendâs ex-boyfriend, your science lab partner whom you later found out was gay and actually pining for the guy across the aisle.
You have a niggling feeling that youâre living in a strange fanfic universe full of well-trodden tropes but you banish those thoughts just like you banish your thoughts about Mr. Kim.
You remind yourself you are just a shop assistant and you desperately need this salary. That you have three rules regarding hybrids: one which youâve already broken, two which you wish you could break, and all three with Kim Namjoon.
Sigh. If only you didnât need this job, then there would be no rules to break. Your degree in art was a total waste of money in terms of finding a job after graduation. And when you walked by the swanky, modern storefront which advertised for a shop assistant six months ago, you ventured in without hesitation, desperate to pay off your college loan after another failed interview.
Entering the elegant interior, you went quiet for a moment as you spied a man suited impeccably in black, his gaze intent on the glass beakers of oils set on the counter.
It really had been too long since you studied a man who was not Cezanne or Matisse. With his sleek, sinewy build paired with a breathtaking side profile, he looked like a very tall, and very delicious glass of dark rum and Coke: sweet, smooth, and altogether dangerous.
Suddenly remembering you were here for a job opening, you were determined to make a first good impression.
âHiââ you try your brightest, chirpiest voice.
âYouâre hired,â he declared, without looking up.
âExcuse me? Wait. What?â you asked, heart racing.
âYouâre obviously not here to buy perfume, so you must be here for the job opening. Youâre hired. Starting today.â
You glanced at your plain black and white office attire that youâve worn to hundreds of interviews. This was a high-end boutique but you didnât think you looked that poor.
âIf you really want to know, itâs not the outfit, itâs the desperation,â he said, eyes still focused on each drop of amber liquid heâs releasing into the glass beaker from an oil dropper.
âD-desperation?â
âI smelled it. Heard it in the thudding of your heart the moment youâd walked in.â He said it like he was talking about his coffee order (iced Americano, venti). âYouâre desperate. And I need someone. Donât usually take a full-blooded human. But Iâll take you.â
He finally lifted his eyes and you saw their slight but unmistakable fiery glow.
Heâs one of the big-cat hybrids. They always seem so sleek and sophisticated, so sure of themselves and well, confident. Itâs the money, itâs the superior genes, itâs everything... youâre not.
âUm, yes. Iâm desperate for a job. Mister...?â You were nervous as hell. He was making you nervous as hell. Perhaps he was toying with you, like how a cat likes to play with a mouse.
âKim. But call me Namjoon.â
That Kim Namjoon. The one in the tabloids for all the wrong reasons.
âIâm sorry. I donât think Iâm the right candidate for this position. Iâll just see myself ouââ
âWait. You donât have to worry about that. My hybrid interests are rather, you might say, specific.â He smirked, as if he would ever be interested in you, full-blooded in human form and human weakness.
Okay. Youâre not his type. Got the message loud and clear. âUh, the monthly salary?â
Lips curled in a triumphant grin, he announced, â5 million won.â
Holy shit.
And so thatâs how you find yourself here, days peacefully filled with dusting between crystal flasks and glass beakers, fetching blotters and flacons for Mr. Kim, sweeping the shop floor and making everything sparkle.
Your daily tasks also involve decanting perfume oils according to your bossâ specifications for sampling. By now, youâre used to arranging the vials of oil on a little movable bar cart for his signature bespoke sessions with each client; always paired with a glass of bubbly for Miss or Madam.
Cleaning, dusting, decanting are all easy parts of this job.
The hard part is dealing with the disdain, and sometimes, even disgust, you get from his clientsâall female hybrids of some variety. They flock to this boutique because for the longest time, itâs been taboo among the female upper class hybrids to carry the scent of their hybrid ancestry.
You feel like you should pity them; after all, they canât help it if they smell like horse and hay, like wild game or cat piss.
But itâs difficult when they never grace you with a second glance when they enter the shop; harder still when they brush off invisible dirt from being infected by your presence when they leave.
With their impossibly high cheekbones, noses yet higher in the air, they show not an iota of kindness. To them, youâre just staff. And well, you of all people know the hybrids are used to treating their staff a certain way.
You remind yourself the salary is worth the dismissive tone, the scornful glances.
That you can and you will carry yourself with dignity even though you werenât born into money like them.
That the only difference between you and them is that theyâve held the attention of Kim Namjoon for hours at a time.
That he has listened to each one talk about her favorite childhood memories, her favorite meal, her hopes and dreams to get a feel of what sheâd like in a personal fragrance.
That when he works on a new fragrance for a client, sheâs all he thinks about, always quietly brooding about the fragrance profile until a rare smile breaks across his face because heâs got it.
That heâll smell the inside of her wrists, inhale a breath behind her ears to see if the scent combination worked with her skin. The top note. The heart note. The base note.
Heâs just doing his job. You tell yourself.
Itâs not a big deal. Not at all.
Then why do you wish that you could just be one for them, just for one day?
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Kim Namjoon just canât get this right.
Heâs been building Eau de Parfum No. 1071 for a client for some time now. The complex fragrance was going well with its symphony of sandalwood, vetiver, oud and oakmoss. The top notes of orange flow like a kind, generous invitation, the base notes carried mainly by oakmoss and sandalwood are strong and supportive, but the heart note, the heart was missing.
On a whim he tries a bit of vanilla. Too flighty.
Maybe a bit of neroli. Too serious.
He thinks for a moment and then looks over his files on this client. Perhaps something floral. Or fig?
Itâs here where he works his hardest, commanding oils to mix and mesh, to meld into a message. Sometimes itâs longing, other times, itâs innocence. This client wants sophistication, and Kim Namjoon always delivers.
Yet, something about this fragrance profile of No. 1071 puzzles him. It seems a little too masculine for the client in question.
Perturbed, he approaches you. He almost never asks for a second opinion, but he canât stop his feet from stalking quietly out of his private office and onto the shop floor.
Nowadays, he finds himself relishing the split second before you sense his presence.
Itâs when he can breathe in your entirety, undisturbed. He misses nothing, not the perpetual slight tilt of your head like youâre listening to some invisible music of the spheres, not the impish grin of your lips like youâre in cahoots with those god-awful flowers you bring in everyday. Thereâs the serious eyes, the sometimes sassy mouth. Smart and sexy like a mix of heaven and hell.
Itâs a while before you notice him, and his heart skips a beat when you ask in that quiet, serious way of yours, âYes, Mr. Kim?â
âI need you to smell this and tell me what you think,â he says, voice a little crackly.
âWell, Mr. Kim, that would be an extra twenty thousand won per hour,â you quip, a little smile peeking below your serious eyes. âBut, honestly, I donât know much about the accords and notes and...â
âJust use your instincts. Just feel.â
He holds out the testing strip to you, thinking himself a little stupid for asking for help.
He looks carefully at how your hand moves closer and closer to his. How the inches, then centimeters bring you nearer to him; fingers almost touching.
Shit, Namjoon sees a slight tremble in his hand. Heâs sure you see it too. Why the hell is he so nervous?
He expects you to take the tester from him. But, eyes closed, you lean in to take a whiff. He wonders fleetingly if you look like this when you kiss. Youâre quiet, nose hovering just above the tester, just over his fingers, the light touch of the in-and-out of your breathing feathering his skin.
Fighting to hold still, he focuses on you as the scent begins to hit you in different ways. A look of complete and utter longing flits across your features, and he sees youâve surrendered completely to the heart of the fragrance. âWhat does it smell like?â Heâs desperate to know.
For a long while, you canât answer him.
âIt smells like...â you murmur, âlike my dad. My dad.â
Your father would twirl you round and round under the orange tree in the greenhouse at sunset when his dayâs work was done; your nose buried in his plain cotton shirt, every warp and weft woven with the fragrance of the flowers he grew. The hands that lifted you and tossed you in the air were hands that carried the smell of the earth, rich with moss.
He was a gardener for the wealthy, and while he grew flowers, he raised you until⊠until you were not old enough.
âI miss him. He left too soon.â
Kim Namjoon doesnât know what to say. Words like Iâm sorry; words like Iâm sure heâs proud of you; those words are not enough. He wishes he could touch you, pull you into him, shelter you with an umbrella against the grey sky of grief until light breaks through.
But heâs your boss. He canât.
Wordlessly, he hands you a tissue.
âThanks, Iâm fine, really,â you sniff. âIâll get back to work now, Mr. Kim.â
Namjoon hears the steely strength in your voice even though your breath is shaky. âThe shelves donât mean anything, Y/N. Not today. If you need timeâŠâ
âIâm okay. I miss him. Thatâs all.â Squaring your shoulders, you go back to wiping down the shelves.
But the sudden thought of the paper tester cradling the scent of your dad in its pores dumped unceremoniously in the trash stops you. âMr, Kim, if you donât want the testing strip anymore, could I have it please?â
âOf course.â Namjoon leaves the strip on the edge of the counter, careful not to contaminate the part holding the fragrance.
Back in his office, Kim Namjoon sits down and opens his leather-bound ledger. Itâs where he records every perfume he has created for clients over the years. A new fragrance will be entered in its pages today. The sample vial sits quietly on his mirrored desk, waiting to be named.
When heâs done, he slips quietly into the backroom where you keep your bag and places the tiny bottle of perfume oil beside it.
Written on the label is his small neat script:
Dad. For Y/N.
Eau De Parfum No. 1072
By KNJ
No. 1072 will forever be yours now.
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Youâre so embarrassed.
Youâve never been late before. Not for work. Not for school. Not even for your expected date of birth, arriving right on the dot at the stroke of midnight, quietly triumphant of your punctuality even as a little babe.
You shudder at the confluence of all the bad luck that happened today.
The one day you forget your umbrella is when a sudden burst of rain catches you unprepared. Traffic was snarling as the slippery roads caused a car accident along the way.
As the rain wreaks havoc on your dress, you scold yourself for wearing your glasses today instead of contacts. You can hardly see a thing as you hurry up the path to the shop from the bus-stop. And what a stupid choice of an outfit today. A fitted white linen dress? You might as well be wearing nothing at this rate that youâre getting wet. Even the flower seller by the corner knew better than to put out her bouquets at the shop front this morning. You better hurry. Youâre so late.
Without warning, you find yourself lurching forward over the cobblestones, balance completely fucked as your last coherent thought mocks you: you should not have worn your stupid pair of wedges today with the shitty grip. Bracing your arms out in front of you for the impact to come, youâre surprised when you find yourself in the strong, safe grasp of⊠your boss.
âEasy there,â he murmurs. Kim Namjoon must be a leopard hybrid of the highest order. You neither heard nor saw him a second ago. And now, heâs steadying you with his arm around your waist, his umbrella over you.
God. Heâs so close.
Namjoon knows he held you for a second longer than he probably should, but itâs a second that he will cherish and play over and over again in his mind later. âYou should remember your umbrella next time,â he says, trying to distract himself from petrichor, the smell of rain, mingled with the scent of a womanâ your scent.
âI should,â was all you can reply, too affected by how your shoulders and elbows are bumping against each other underneath the umbrella to say more. Were you imagining the reluctance in his fingers when he let go of your waist just now? You shiver at the thought. It canât be.
Namjoon sees it and thinks youâre cold, the wind picking up speed now. He wonders if he should take off his suit jacket and drape it around you temporarily; at least until you get to the shelter of the shop. But then his jacket would smell like you and heâs not sure if he would be able to concentrate for the rest of the day after that.
His own instinct for survival kicks in and overtakes his heart. No, his jacket stays on.
âGlad I went out to get a coffee earlier or I wouldnât have seen you.â Heâs trying to explain why heâs here, beside you; trying to hide the fact that he saw your lithe figure struggling up the hill, and how he worried when he spied you without an umbrella.
He canât believe heâs lying.
So he doesnât say anymore, just gives you his arm to hold while you negotiate the slippery sidewalk. Itâs wiser than holding you; letting go of you for the second time would prove to be difficult.
Youâre quiet, rendered blind by your rapidly fogging up glasses, deaf by the drumming of raindrops, mute by the closeness of his presence, and crippled by your stupid, stupid shoes.
But you can smell, and you can feel.
And, dear reader, he smells amazing. Like strength and trust. And somehow, it makes you feel quite, quite safe.
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Inside the shop, he grabs a towel from the back and gives it to you. You murmur a word of thanks as you quickly fumble open your satchel to take out a sketchbook, groaning when you see that the rain has soaked through the pages of the book. You try to dab away the damp pages with the towel, but the water damage is already extensive.
âIâm sorry, Mr. Kim, could I lay these out on the counter? I know they donât look like much, just pencil sketches really, but I hope I could dry out each page before they stick to each other. Itâs justâI spent so many hours onâ"
âGo on.â It amuses him that you didnât even bother to dry your dripping hair, nor the soaked dress wrapped around your body.
You carefully take out each sketch and lay it across the glossy surface, every art piece precious, every penciled stroke so intimately a part of you that you know its when, where, and why.
It feels like youâre laying bare yourself to a stranger. You wish he werenât here, wish his prying eyes werenât raking over the drawings.
But for the sake of your sketches, you soldier on, murmuring an apology to each naked sketch, unpainted and unfinished, as you thrust it on the cold glass of the counter.
Namjoon loses count of exactly how many drawings there are, every picture inviting him to see the world through your eyes.
The ladybird, quiet and brooding with the weight of the world on her shoulders as she considers a leaf.
The field of daffodils like a class of eager children waving their stretched hands to answer an easy question from the sun.
âWhen do you find time to draw?â he asks, keeping his eyes on the sketches, moving slowly along the counter to admire each one. He knows if he looks at you, he might do something fucking stupid after catching a glimpse of your body under the sheer, translucent dress.
âHere and there. Sometimes after I finish dusting here at the shop. Sometimes when I go home. Or even on the bus.â
He senses your apprehension with the last pages of your sketchbook that youâre clutching to your bosom. âDonât hide them from me. Theyâre beautiful,â he says gesturing to the rest of your pictures. âLet me see, please.â
At his request, you offer the last two pieces to him. His gaze is intense as he zeroes in on the clever curve of the leopardâs tail on your paper. He stares at it, instantly recognizing his own steely gaze in the big cat, the signature scowl on the left side of his jaw drawn to perfection.
And then, thereâs the picture of the fig treeâits trunk, leaf, and flower etched as if by the hand of god. Lost in his thoughts, heâs clutching on the two sketches a little too tightly than you like.
âMr Kim. Mr. Kim. Um, could I have it back please?â Any moment now and he might tear it. It might be just a sketch but itâs still a piece of work that you treasure.
He snaps back to reality and finally notices his fingers are almost ready to crumple the flimsy paper bearing your sketch. âShit. Iâm sorry. Please forgive me,â he apologizes. âHere. Donât stop drawing. Theyâre perfect. Just, uh⊠donât stop. Iâll be in my office. Let me know when my ten oâclock arrives.â
You nod quietly, glad to have some time to clean up and get dry, but also a little puzzled as to what came over your boss.
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Namjoon bursts out into his office, glad to sink into his chair, comforted by the familiarity of his desk and surrounded by his array of pipettes, testing strips, glass bottles, and vials. They are uncomplicated things, precise and emotionless. Dependable. Predictable.
For a cat hybrid, he is more a lone wolf than anything, preferring the solace of his own company, the solitude of his thoughts. The memories of his dad had almost suffocated him out there on the shop floor. Emotions are not his forte.
The picture you drew ushered the smell of figs to him, bringing him back immediately to that fateful evening where a plate of freshly cut figs lay ignored on his fatherâs mahogany desk.
âSon, itâs time to stop the fucking around and take your place in the company.â
âIâm sorry, but my answer is still no. Itâs just not me. I canât report to a dozen board members, to thousands of shareholders.â And most of all, if he cared to admit it, he couldnât report to his overbearing father.
When will his father ever understand he prefers the calm of sandalwood to the clamor of the boardroom? That he loves the complexities of jasmine, and fucking hates the backstabbing in the corporate world? Even with his fancy Sloan School MBA which his father had insisted on, his interests surely lie more in perfume than price projections for the quarterly report.
âNamjoon, walk out of here and you will amount to nothing. You hear? Nothing. Your duty is here. Your legacy is here. Your future is here. Iâve planned it out for you. Itâs yours for the taking. Stay here. Stay home.â
He remembers how he took the house key out of his pocket and placed it next to the plate of figs. How he felt free when he turned and started for the doors. His dad did not follow him nor call after him, but it was the scent of fig which pursued him, saturating his pores, tempting him to walk out of paradise with shame and regret like the first sinner in the family.
But no, he had stalked out of there, head held high, finally a master of his own destiny.
Namjoon wishes he didnât have to revisit these memories brought on by your drawings. But oh godâyour drawings.
Who knew his pretty little assistant could draw so well?
Your style is a little raw, a little wild; unrestrained yes, but also, lively. Heâs intrigued. He wants to find out moreâbecause, he tells himself, because, heâs an art collector. His interests are purely business.
Really.
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The next day you arrive at the store to set up for the dayâs clients when you notice a stack of Strathmore sketch pads of thick, heavy paper and Caran D'ache sketch pencils wrapped in satin blue ribbon. Written simply on the card, were the words Donât stop.
It looks expensive as hell and you know itâs meant for you, but thereâs no way you can accept it. Better your one-dollar pencil on recycled paper than a debt owed to a hybrid family you cannot repay.
And so you leave it at the corner of the glass counter, its shiny mirrored surface mocking you for your prudishness for not accepting his gift every time you glance in that direction.
Oh but fuck, how your hands itch to test the glide of smooth graphite on the cream of the paper. You know you cannot. You know you must not. Your mama has taught you never to be indebted to anyone or anything. Thereâs danger written all over that gift. The sample vial of perfume was different. That was something he would have thrown away. But thisâthis is different.
With a sigh, you take out the polishing cloth, determined to finally deep-clean his desk and office chair before he comes in. Heâs usually in by this time, already hard at work in his private office. Itâs a good thing you can give it a go today.
Mixed in the grain of the dark, rich leather chair, you catch a whiff of his scent. It smells of power, tempered with a softness youâre surprised to detect. You canât help but press your nose into its plush cushioned back a little more.
It reminds you a little of the sweetness of hay mixed with the musk of the stable horses on your grandparentsâ farm. You rub the polishing cloth all over the leather chair, dreaming of those carefree days. How good it felt to go barefoot in the soft earth, dandelions spread across the carpet of grass like rich, yellow butter.
Next, his black mirrored desk.
You use the special glass polish for this, making sure not to smudge the desk with your fingers.
The mirrored surface is unforgiving, and you see the tiny scar above your lip, the one the bully gave you at the playground (for which you returned a black eye) when you were six.
And there thereâs your non-hybrid eyes, looking entirely plain, and completely uninteresting. You sigh. If only to be born a hybrid. Imagine the riches, the privilege, theâ
you catch his eyes in the mirror of the desk.
âMr. Kim!â you gasp, âShit, you scared me!â
âSorry. Didnât expect you here. Youâre usually out at the front,â he says.
âIâI just wanted to give it a clean,â you say. âI apologizeââ
âNo, it's fine. Iâll just head out and come back laterââ he says.
âIâm actually done here,â you offer.
âGreat. Thanks.â He watches as you gather the cleaning supplies and leave, his gaze never intrusive, but never leaving your retreating form.
âAbout the pencils and paperââ he begins.
âIâm sorry, I canât accept such a gift,â you apologize.
âWell, what if I say, I want you to draw whatever inspires you in the shop and we can consider which ones to put around the shop or use as graphics for new labels for the perfumes?â
He senses your hesitation, so he ploughs on, âIâll put it in your job description so itâs not like youâll have a choice.â
Draw? As part of your job?
âMr. Kim. I may be a poor employee, but I always have a choice,â you say quietly.
He takes a moment to savor the shape of your words and their quiet dignity. âWell damn. I apologize for being out of line. I hope by now, you know you are anything but a poor employee to me.â
He doesnât know what the hell he means by that. It just slipped out. âJust⊠do whatever you wish. You should know by now that I trust you. If the daily duties are done, youâre free to use the time as you see fit.â
âThank you, Mr. Kim. I appreciate it.â
âFor the hundredth time, itâs Namjoon.â
âCertainly, Mr. Kim,â you say, the corners of your mouth lifting into a wry smile. Youâve never called him Namjoon and never will. He should know that by now.
He smiles back, genuinely, dimples winking as he breaks into a little laugh.
The tension subsides between the both of you and somehow the air in the shop feels a little lighter than before.
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Soon after, you begin to realize that you have less to do in the day. The perfume oils for sampling by each dayâs clients are already decanted into the little vials when you arrive for work. And then, the black marble floors seem to look effortlessly clean. Plus little corners of the shop shelves seem to have had a dusting before you could get to it.
All of a sudden, you have so much more time to spend on your drawings (though youâre still not using any of the art materials he bought).
What the hell is going on?
You have a theory, and to test it, you decide to deliberately leave your scarf behind when you head out of the shop after work.
Twenty minutes later, you return to the shop. Through the glass windows, you spy the back outline of his form, mopping the floor as elegantly as a leopard hybrid would.
You hurry to unlock the door with your key and step onto the shop floor.
âMr. Kim. What are you doing?â you ask, voice trembling. âDid I not do a good job?â
He turns to face you and actually looks guilty.
âNo. No. I, uh, I just wasnât hungry for dinner yet, so I thought Iâd work on the floor,â he says. For all the confidence he exudes, he looks like a little schoolboy right now, hand caught in the cookie jar.
âYouâre not very good at lying,â you say quietly. âAre you doing this so I have time to draw?â
Kim Namjoon wishes he doesnât have to answer this but youâre staring at him and staring at him and suddenly he feels a little weak. âSo, why are you back?â he asks, hoping to gain back some control over the rapid unravelling of the evening.
âIâI, ah, forgot my scarf.â God, that sounded pathetic.
âYouâre not that convincing either,â he muses.
And then youâre looking at him and heâs gazing at you, and you wait for words that always come so easily to you but none arrive.
âListen. Itâs getting late. I know this little cafe two streets over. Do you...â
âMr. Kim.â God. Why do you sound so needy? With great difficulty, you pluck the words one by one from your mind instead of letting them flow from your heart. âYouâre right. Itâs late. IâI better go.â
You turn quickly to go before you stop yourself. Any moment longer and you might actually say something stupid.
As you step out into the cold, you remind yourself that heâs part of the hybrid ruling class. Hybrids that look at you scornfully when they walk in. Hybrids that speak to you like youâre stupid. Hybrids that use a sanitizing wipe for their hands after you hand them their bottle of bespoke fragrance.
And lest you forget: youâre not his type.
Heâd said so himself.
Didnât he?
âââââââââââââ
After a while you get used to sketching and slowly move on to watercolors when it gets quiet at the shop, drawing inspiration from the scents around. The oud smells of longing, the geranium of innocence and wonder, ambergris reminds you of regret, while the coriander reminds you of mayhem and mischief.
Namjoon sees how the lines on your sketches are bolder, stronger. Your play with the color palette has become more adventurous, brushstrokes surer than before.
Just earlier today, he complimented you on the color blending, said your little painting reminded him of Sargentâs work. You blushed, proud that the wet washes and sponging you used caught his attention in the best way possible.
When you return to the shop, youâre surprised to hear an unfamiliar male voice coming from his office, the door uncharacteristically open.
âNamjoon, donât you think itâs time to end this charade of yours? You are our only son. Come home and do the right thing.â
âCome home to marry someone I havenât even met? For the sake of the family company? Like Iâm part of a business deal? Iâm done with that shit.â
âIs there someone else?â
âIâm not going to even answer that question.â
âSo there is someone. She better be a hybrid. Youâre going to regret this. What will this shop amount to? Nothing. What will you, on your own, amount to? Nothing. But come home and I guarantee you will have everything you want.â
âEverything I want? You canât even give me the one thing I need.â
You know you should not eavesdrop. That this is a private matter between your boss and his father. Youâre just about to turn around to leave when the elder Mr. Kim steps out of the office and saunters to the front doors, pointedly ignoring you.
When he finally reaches the entrance, he turns and gives you a disdainful once-over which makes you feel uncomfortable as hell. You feel like a piece of meat heâs inspecting, one he finds terribly lacking. But, still he waits. Then you understand heâs not going to open the doors himself to exit the shop.
In an exaggerated show of duty, you rush there and hold the door open, bowing deeply as he makes his departure.
âAsshole,â you mutter under your breath, making sure he hears you before you quickly close and lock the door behind him. The elder Kim looks back and glares through the glass panel. You return the glare with an indifferent shrug only to turn around and bump right into your boss.
âI heard that.â
âIâm sorry, Mr. Kim, I couldnât resist.â Youâre not sure if youâre truly sorry, but it just felt like the polite thing to say to your boss after he catches you swearing at his own father.
âI was never good enough for him, you know,â he says quietly. âI went to the best schools, topped the class, graduated with summas, but still, he was never satisfied. And when I took over operations and turned it around, it was still not good enough. I had to walk away.â
Thereâs a glimmer of hurt in his eyes, a little catch in his throat. You wonder if you could comfort him with a hug. Whether his chin might press on the top of your head. Would you pull away first or would he?
He, surely. Heâll never see anything in you.
âSometimes, walking away is the best thing we can do ourselves.â Youâre about to reach for his arm to give a short, comforting squeeze but you decide against it at the last second, bringing your hand up awkwardly to smooth your hair.
Namjoon noticed how your hand lingered for a split second over his and swallows hard, not knowing why he even held his breath.
âYou share the same name, Mr. Kim. Butâbut your heart is different. Youâre not him.â Itâs hard for you to walk away, yet you must.
As he watches the back of your silhouette disappear into the stockroom, he wishes he had the courage to ask you to stay to talk, just for a while. He wants you to reassure him again.
But heâs been a loner for so long that those words canât come to him anymore.
At night, in the darkness of his shop, he sits alone in his office chair and weeps.
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Itâs 8 p.m., closing time, and youâre rearranging the last row of crystal flasks of perfume when the door flings open violently, a gust of cold air blowing into the warmth of the darkened shop.
âWhere is he?â the icy voice demands.
You recognize the face. A newish client, sheâs absurdly beautiful, golden eyes, long-limbed, and perky in all the right places except in her demeanor. You remember how she was late for her own appointment and was extra demanding. Bitch would be completely inappropriate since she is a cat hybrid.
âIâm sorry, Maâam. Weâre closed now. Could I pencil you for an appointment with Mr. Kim tomorrow?â You keep your voice low, respectful.
âI want to see him. Now.â She strides towards his office at the back of the shop. You hurry to keep her from barging into his office.
âIâm so sorry. Heâs not available at the moment. Perhaps I could offer some assistance?â
She looks you up and down with disdain. âAnd what do you think you can offer me?â quiet scorn dripping over each word.
âI am his assistant. Mr. Kim has deemed me fit to assist you,â you say, just as quiet, just as lethal. She backs you into the door of his office, eyes flashing with anger. Like hell youâll give in to this self-entitled hybrid trash.
âI know what people like you want.â She reaches into her bag and pinches out a crisp fifty thousand won note between her delicate fingers, perfectly manicured. âYouâre all the same.â Sliding the corner of the note to your cheek, she snaps it, each lightning quick thwack eager to remind you of your poverty. âI want. your. boss.â
âThatâs enough,â his voice, dark and thick, slices in. The heat of his body is suddenly behind you, and you feel a measure of comfort that heâs now here.
âNamjoonââ she purrs, a smile, sweet and sickening, consumes her entire face.
âItâs Mr. Kim,â he says.
âNamjoon, this⊠this thingâ" she points at you ââsaid you werenât available. But you prrromised I can come to you anytime.â
âItâs Mr. Kim, and yes, anytime within office hours. Unfortunately, office hours are over, as are my services for you from now on.â
âMy, my. So prrrrrotective over a little staff?â
âOut. Now.â
The tight clench of his jaw is unmistakable.
âJooooonieeee, you know I didnât mean it. I can play nice,â she purrs, suddenly playful.
âOut,â he says, resolute.
âItâs true then,â she smirks with a triumphant smile. âDaddy says your father told everyone this shop wonât amount to anything. That you wonât amount to anything. That you never know a good deal even if it were right in front of you.â She sighs airily, âPity. I did like those samples.â
âIâm glad you did. You sure took enough,â you retort.
She turns to you, glaring. âPity about the face.â With lighting reflexes, she raises her hand and scratches the side of your cheek with a single, freshly manicured nail.
The sting of her nail barely registers as you start to throw a punch back at her, but suddenly remembering your own dignity, you thought better of it, lowering your fist as fast as you raised it. Itâs not worth it. Sheâs not worth it.
âOUT.â The snarl he emits reverberates within the shop and she flinches. Actually flinches.
Slinking off, she saunters toward the door, swaying her hips, pert nose in the air, sure that heâs watching her. âGet her trained prrrroperly,â she announces before slamming the door behind.
Namjoon turns to look at you.
Youâre burning with anger, shame, disgusted with her and with yourself. Youâve never raised your hand against someone after the playground incident so many years ago. Today, you'd almost lost control.
A single drop of crimson slides down your cheek.
âFuck. She hurt you,â he murmurs as he cups your cheek.
âIâm okay. Really.â Youâre flustered by his tenderness, suddenly so close to him.
With something that can only be blamed on animal instinct, he leans into you, and licks up the side of your cheek, catching the bead of blood on the tip of his tongue.
He feels warm, wet, and just the tiniest bit rough and you moan on reflex, tilting your head back, not knowing why or how as you bare the smooth expanse of your neck to him.
âMr. KâKim.â
Namjoon does not hesitate often. But he does for a split second. âItâs Namjoon. Itâs always Namjoon with you.â Heâs breathing so hard, nostrils flaring from effort to not devour you completely. âTell me to stop and I will.â
Oh shit. This is just like in a fanfic.
You take a deep breath and say the word which dances across your dreams at night, the name which you forbid yourself to say in the day. âNamjoon.â
Heâs no longer Mr. Kim. Heâs Namjoon to your Y/N. Everything in him is fully awake, completely alert. He leans in and licks the little cut on your cheek again, but this time, he doesnât just stop there. This time, he continues to trail his tongue down the curve of your jaw, and up the other side. âNeed you,â he whispers by your ear, arms curling lightly around your shoulder to anchor his hands that want to run all over your body.
You tell yourself you donât need him; no, not the way he needs you. You only want him. And wants come and go. Wants donât always get fulfilled. You of all people should know that by now. Today, youâll have your fill. And thatâs enough.
âJust for today,â you whisper. âOnly today.â You repeat it again, for yourself, because there wonât be a tomorrow of this anymore. Thereâs no way he would need you again.
âOnly today,â he echoes, lying to you and to himself.
He licks your earlobe, sending thrills across your spine, teeth nipping lightly against your skin. Heâs eager to mark you, the leopard instincts from his hybrid heritage returning in full force. He noses your clothed shoulder, fingers deftly working off the buttons on the front of your prim, starched shirt.
Feeling shy, you're sure that you canât compete with the models he must have dated. Clutching tightly to the two open halves of your shirt, youâre afraid to disappoint him.
âDonât hide from me. Youâre beautiful. Let me see, please.â
With shaky fingers you let the halves of your shirt part, revealing the curves of your breasts to him.
Beautiful. Slowly, he lifts your chin with a finger. âLook at me.â
Youâve always shied away from meeting his gaze straight on, always wary that you hunger for more than just the touch of his eyes.
But now, at the command of his voice, you can only obey.
âYou're beautiful. And you're strong, stronger than anyone I know. Youâre strong for me. Andâ" Namjoon swallows. Growing up, his father had always stressed the Kim motto: Always First. Always Strong. Always Right.
ââand Iâm weak for you,â he finishes, the realization finally out in the open.
âJust for today,â you remind him, trying to blink back tears. âBe weak for me. Only today.â Itâs better this way, with no hope of tomorrow to disappoint.
Namjoon knows he will be weak for you today and tomorrow and every day after. He takes you to his desk, the place he finds himself daily, because he knows heâs going to want to remember this every fucking day for the rest of his life.
Gently, he sits you on the mirrored surface, marking the curve of your shoulder with his kisses as he eases off your shirt. Laving at your skin, he nips against your collarbone, trailing his tongue lower and lower to your covered breasts, easing the cup of your bra to the side as he licks the soft, full flesh there. âCanât stop tasting you,â he murmurs against your skin.
He inhales the scent between the valley of your breasts, trapping his nose between the smooth curves of silky skin as he draws a low moan from you. Fingers roaming your back, he unhooks your bra to tongue gently at your nipples. You press his head closer, arching your back towards him, wanting more of his mouth on the tight, tender flesh. He complies, and angles you back a little more, crying out with pleasure each time you feel the gentle scrape of his teeth on your breast.
âFeels so good. Oh god.â Panting with want and lust, you plead, âLet me touch you too.â
âGo on then. Touch me.â Namjoon steels himself not to move as you explore him, fingers outlining the sides of his face, his jawline thatâs so familiar by sight, yet strangely unfamiliar by touch. Youâre wondering if he feels this hard, this strong everywhere.
Seared by the heat of your hand cradling his face, Namjoon noses the inside of your wrist immediately. He wants to breathe this in too. Wants the scent from your wrist all over his body, your fingers everywhere on his skin.
But your fingers are already going over each button, helping him shrug off his shirt, tracing the faintest of leopard markings under the skin of his torso. Itâs a mesmerizing pattern. You brush your fingers over his pecs, around the dusky disc of his nipples, down the line of his abs.
Your artistâs eye sees his beautiful, sleek proportions, heavy with muscle and sinew.
Uncertainly, your fingers hover over his belt, the dark bulge of his pants a strangely erotic sight. Thereâs no turning back once you go there.
âDonât you stop now,â he whispers. âDonât give up on me.â
His words give you the confidence to continue. When you finally undress him, pants and boxers pooling around his feet, youâre overwhelmed at his naked vulnerability. âShould IâCan I?â you ask.
Namjoon almost chokes at the way you stare at him with innocent wonder. âJust use your instincts. Just feel.â All other words are impossible the moment you wrap your fingers around his flesh. He braces his hands against the desk on either side of you lest he comes apart too soon, allowing you full access to explore him. He grunts tightly as you stroke him, circling the sensitive opening at the tip.
Instinct says taste. You drop down to your knees. Palming his throbbing length, you lick the liquid beading around the head of his flesh.
âWhat are you doing?â His fingernails are digging desperately into the unforgiving surface of the glass desk, but there is no relief to be found. âOh god. Please. Please, take me in.â He remembers how heâd found you kneeling before his chair, putting your nose in the leather as you cleaned it, how for a fleeting moment, heâd pictured you just like this, rosebud lips wrapped around his cock.
On your knees, you feel powerful, making this man speechless and wordless; your tongue, throat, and hollowed cheeks rendering him breathless with desire.
His large hand is warm and soft against your face as you slide his length into your mouth again and again. âNo more,â he gasps, ânot for our first time.â
Supporting you in his arms, he pulls you up to meet his gaze and you swear his hooded eyes flash a brighter yellow for just a second.
âAm... am I doing something wrong?â
Bringing his lips right against yours, he confesses quietly, âI am. Iâm doing everything wrong.â With slow brushes of his lower lip between yours, he urges yours apart. âI shouldnât kiss you,â he whispers as he traces the curve of your lips with his tongue. âBut I am.â The kiss is long and languorous. He takes his time, lets you explore him, noses bumping as you taste him and he drinks you.
âShouldnât undress you.â He reaches for the back button of your skirt, and unzips you, easing the material down. Unhooking the bra to let it fall off softly, he fingers the waistband of your panties, eyes questioning if itâs okay. Silently, you place your hand over his to slide it down your thighs. âBut I am,â he says, eyes trailing down your entire naked expanse.
âMost of all, I shouldnât fuck you here at my desk. Butââ
âBut I want you to.â Pressing your naked flesh against his, you curl your arms around his neck, face hiding in his chest in your desperation. âI want you to.â
This time, thereâs no more rain to give him an excuse to hold you, no more umbrella to pretend he wants you close. He pulls you into him; moulding you to him, melding him into you. With flesh against flesh, thereâs no denying now the liquid heat between your legs. âYouâre so wet. How is it you want me? A man who will not amount to anything?â
Itâs there again. The hurt. Unlike the cut on your face, his wound is much, much deeper. âThatâs him. Thatâs not you.â Still pulled flushed against him, you place your palm over his pounding heart. âYouâre different. Here.â
Namjoon shuts his eyes at your words. âSay that again.â
âYouâre different from him.â
He is not his father.
A great relief washes over him. Itâs something he couldn't say to himself until you said it. He is not his father. He is not his father. He is not his father!
He kisses the top of your head, grateful for the day you stumbled into his shop, grateful that you want him like this. The fragrance he cannot have enough of fills his senses. Thereâs ylang ylang. Thereâs jasmine. A hint of bergamot. He inhales deeply, sighing, âHow are you so good for me?â Sliding one hand down your thigh, he lifts it up to his hip so that you feel the hardness of his cock against you. âLet me be good for you.â
âPlease. Please donât let me wait anymore.â A dull ache throbs within you, and the searing of his skin against yours has steadily pooled arousal in the apex of your thighs.
âI wonât let you wait. Iâve waited long enough. Turn around.â Reluctantly, he unhooks your leg from him and stands behind you. âWe are going to do this the proper way.â
Bracing a strong arm around your waist, he bends you over his mirrored desk, your nipples hardening even more when they brush across the cool surface of his desk. âSo sensitive,â he whispers against the back of your neck, âI saw that.â
A shower of sparks shoot down your spine as he kisses the back of your neck, the other hand fondling over your breasts; the front of your body on full display in your reflection. You lean your head into him, writhing at every slow lick and hot breath and soft kiss on your neck.
His hands dip between your legs, easing them apart. âLet me prep you. I bet youâre so tight, bet I canât even put in a finger.â Heâs probably right. You know youâre wet, embarrassingly so, but itâs been so long since youâd been with someone else.
âN-Namjoon, please go slow. Itâsâitâs been a while.â
âIâm not going to hurt you. Never. Can you trust me?â
You nod, too overtaken by the sensations of his fingers playing along your folds to speak.
âJust use your instincts,â he murmurs again into the shell of your ear.
Instinct says to feel.
With teasing fingers, he continues to draw low whimpers from you, before he goes on to circle your clit gently. Sliding a finger in, he feels you shudder. âEasy there. Breathe for me.â He feels your legs clamping around his fingers like a vise, the tremors beneath your skin as your breath gets shorter and harder.
Youâre dripping a little now, making a mess between your legs. Itâs getting harder to stand as he hooks two fingers into you, rubbing softly. âOh my god.â
âYou getting there?â
âY-yeah. Hold me. Hold me.â
Namjoon feels a surge of pride that he gets to hear you like this, gets to feel you come apart just from his fingers. âIâve got you. Let go.â
The orgasm blooms through youâshakes you at your core, curls your toesâas you arch back into him. Heâs as good as his promise, lending you his strength, supporting you completely as you fall into him.
He takes the opportunity to nuzzle into your hair again, alternating with kissing you along the nape of your neck, and catching a whiff of your scent behind your ear. âCanât stop smelling you.â
Flushed and euphoric from your high, you donât stop yourself from asking, âTell me⊠tell me what do I smell like?â Your gaze shyly meets his in the reflection of the mirrored surface.
With his nose pressed behind your ear, the answer is clear to him. âHome,â he breathes, âYou smell like home.â
His answer shouldnât make you cry. But it does. âThen make your home in me,â you whisper. âJust today.â
âYou donât know what youâre saying.â He nudges your legs apart with a muscled thigh, groaning with satisfaction as he feels you wet arousal on him. âComing in,â he murmurs, angling you lower so he can help you adjust to the intrusion of his cock into your core. You gasp at how thick and hot he is, how just a little bit of him inside you already feels so good.
âGoddamn. Youâre tight.â He groans as he tells himself to slow down. Heâs not going to rush this if he can help it. Breathing hard, he waits for you to accommodate him, stroking your back lightly and then your hips to reassure you.
You want more, and you push back tentatively, longing to feel completely full of him, but a little fearful if you can take a hybrid without falling apart. Grimacing at the inviting way you slide your ass backward into him, he thrusts shallowly, a gentle finger on your clit, coaxing you to take more of him.
Instinct says to meet him.
This time, you slide back to meet his thrusts, delighting in his thick girth filling you. âFeels good. So good,â you sigh.
Namjoon sees youâre ready and doesnât hold back anymore. âYouâre wrong. Nobody goes home for just one day,â he says with ragged breath against your ear as he surges fully into you. âThey go home every day.â He pulls himself back a little, feeling the tightness of your slick walls squeezing around him to stop him from pulling out completely.
Shielding your entire back with his own body, he thrusts in once more, eager to bury himself inside your warmth. Bringing his face next to yours from behind, he says it again, âEvery day.â
âEvery day,â you whimper back.
He loves seeing your face in the mirrored reflection, how it twists with yearning when heâs all the way inside you. He relishes the arch of your neck into him, sweet mouth open and moaning for him at every thrust, eyes squeezed shut with pleasure.
âDonât stop,â you cry. âDonât stop, donât stop dontstopdontstop.â
The words from him are now echoed back into his ears. Namjoon doesnât stop. He wonât. He canât. Thrusting into you, he feels a surge of power ripping through him. He wants to give you all his strength, wants to take all your softness for himself.
In the quiet of his office, your combined moans reverberate around the stark walls, the rhythmic push and pull of your bodies are the only other sounds that fill your senses as you focus on offering yourself to him.
âLook at me when I come,â he commands, his chin pressing on your shoulder. âOpen your eyes, and see what you do to me.â
You open your eyes, and can hardly recognize yourself in the reflection on his desk. The little scar on your lip, the wound from just now, the plain face that youâve always wished were more exotic are all inconsequential. Thereâs tenderness in the way he looks at you, a softness and desperation no one has ever looked at you with.
âNamjoon.â You feel a little pathetic at how much you want him, at how good his name feels on your tongue. You whisper it again because tomorrow, heâll be Mr. Kim once more.
âIâm close. So close,â he moans now, dying to hold on this feeling as long as he can. He pants with effort as he fights to keep his thrusts slow and long and hard, before his instincts take over and he loses control. When you clench harder around him, meeting his eyes in your combined reflection, Namjoon feels a last surge of raw need rip through him, and he comes with a low roar, hips stuttering wildly into you.
You feel the hot spurt of his seed inside you, his deep groan of satisfaction thrilling you immensely. Heâs kissing the back of your neck, across your shoulders, hands lazily playing with the globes of your breasts. Heâs quiet as he pulls out, enjoying the sight of his cum and yours leaking down the inside of your thighs.
âYouâre wonderful. Want you again,â he teases your earlobe, nuzzling the plump flesh there.
âNow?â
âNot now,â he laughs. âGive me a few minutes. But only if you do. Are you sore?â
How can I, when Iâm wrapped under you? No, not today. Tomorrow, my heart will be.
âNo. Not at all.â Youâre strong. And greedy. You want him as much as he will want you today.
âLetâs go back to my place. I want to wake up next to you tomorrow.â
You feel vulnerable because god, you want it too. But if he wants tomorrow with you, you have to ask. âWhen your father asked you⊠if thereâs someone else, and you didnât answer himâŠâ
âItâs none of his business,â he replies curtly. âBut it is yours.â Taking a deep breath, he tells you the truth, âBecause thereâs been no one else. Not for a long while. And when you walked in that day with those flowers, there couldnât be anyone else.â
And so, dear reader, there was tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, and the day after the day after tomorrow.
And of course, you broke all your rules about hybrids because you still worked with him after you were made partner. And you went on many, many dates with him. And you fucked him many, many, many times.
But youâre okay with it.
After all, your Dad had also said:
Rules are meant to be broken.
~The End~
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Posted on June 30, 2021 by sahmfanficbts. All Rights Reserved © 2021 @sahmfanficbts. Please do not translate, post or upload this content on to any platform including YouTube without permission. This is a work of fiction.
Author's Note:
Dear reader,
How are you?
According to my therapist, one important thing fathers and parents can do for their children is to help them believe a) You are loved and are worthy of love. b) You are capable - you have what it takes!
My own father was too busy to help me with these things. I grew up constantly insecure, seeking affirmation and love with many different people and relationships, in many different avenues and endeavors, made many, many stupid decisions in the process just because I was craving and craving and craving.
Today, I've found genuine friends who, every day, in various ways, affirm these truths for me, as I also try to do for them.
And while some days, I can only see the broken, needy parts inside; more and more, I see parts of me which are healing and mending slowly but surely with these friends.
This Father's Day, whether you grew up with a father or parent who was good and kind and true, or someone entirely different, I hope you believe that you are worthy of love, and you have what it takes.
Truly,
Sam.
P/S if you haven't, pls check out the samsung parfumerie ad. Jimin and Namjoon are.... chef's kiss
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Words: 7k
Summary: Prince Jimin had grown up despising people from your empire and vice versa. When your father weds you to the crowned Prince of Haelyra, your kingdomâs sworn enemies, as a form of alliance to fight a greater evil, you struggle to make sense of your new life as the future Queen to be and deal with a husband who cannot stand you.
A/N: this is the cliche cold prince and sweet princess (mostly) trope bc @jimin-calicocat and I are sucker for those. also this is dedicated to her as well uwu. Ty for hyping me up. This is just the start as it will be hopefully a short series but no smut in the first chap this time lads. Gotta build up to the sexy times :))) donât forget to drop by and let me know how you liked this fhjbfjwerefhjrebf bye. Moodboard cred. to @yminie

This was it. The day had finally come. Not that you were awaiting it too eagerly. You had contemplated running away, really. But where could you go? On one side of your kingdom lay the Auzopan Empire whose threat of invasion was already becoming imminent. The other lay the Haelyra Dynasty, your kingdom Munia Empireâs sworn enemies for generations. Rivals that have been slaughtering your kingdomâs peoples for centuries and vice versa. It was a never ending battle of making sure the other did not get the last kill. It was horrific and preposterous but it had been this way for as long as you could remember. And you were to marry the crowned prince from that same kingdom, Park Jimin, in less than an hour. Tales of the brutishness of his empire had been the ones youâd grown up hearing from the maids in your castle. The same tales mothers told their crying children at night to quieten their shrieks. Tales your father told his own kingdom in favour of inciting appreciation from his people for his generosity as a king, as a protector of your nation. But where did that get him? Indebted to the same King he had claimed would tear your nation apart if it hadnât been for your family ruling the land, making sure the beasts were at bay and to make sure his people where never intimidated.
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esse tuus | pjm

esse tuus (latin) âł translation: to be yours
synopsis: Youâve been plagued by dreams of your boss ever since you started working for him to the point where youâre unable to âplayâ with anybody else. Frustration and possible lack of sleep has you feeling lethargic, to a point where you find yourself falling asleep at work, but little do you know that someone is behind it all.
part of the dulce somnii universe.

pairing: jimin x reader
wc: 9.8k
genre/au/rating: 18+ | incubus, office au, f2l | S, F
warnings: minor descriptions of injury, oral (f. receiving), fingering, heaps of feelings, orgasm denial/delay, sex dreams? name-calling, degradation, praise kink
lil note: happy birthday jimin <3 and happy halloween!
listening to: serendipity
m.list | ao3

The night sky only darkens with the evidence of rain. With most of its denizens asleep, the city winds down quietly while it waits for the storm to pass. Two men stand in the middle of the downpour, two sets of eyes staring at the same window â the third-floor apartment belonging to a woman, the only one awake in the otherwise quiet night. Theyâre silent, waiting with bated breath for the lights to turn off, so that no one could listen into their conversation, despite them surrounded by a powerful aura that shrouds their identities while wicking away the rain to keep their coats dry. As they say, you canât be too careful when the walls have ears.
When the final inhabitant of the city surrenders to the call of sleep, their conversation begins.
âThatâs her.â It isnât a question, but Jimin nods in confirmation. âHow long?â his companion asks, his deep voice clear despite the thundering stampede of rain colliding with the asphalt around them.
âEver since Iâve known her,â Jimin replies wistfully. âFive years now.â
âI mean, arenât you the same way? Isnât that why you havenât changed your form in nearly two years now?â he questions his tall companion curiously. âSurely that girl you were toying with is under your control by now, right? Why not move on to a different target, Tae?â
Taehyung doesnât answer him immediately, the glare he throws at Jimin a sufficient reply. âItâs different,â he sighs after a heartbeat. âI donât love her; I just need her to feed â to survive.â
âBullshit,â Jimin counters with a roll of his eyes. âPretend all you want, but you canât fool me. I know the way you talk about her when youâre drunk.â
âItâs different,â Taehyung insists with a growl. Seizing Jiminâs shoulders, Taehyungâs golden eyes glint with irritation under the dim streetlight. âBecause Iâm not willing to give up my life for her⊠Unlike you,â he spits as he shakes his head. âI want you to think carefully about this. Are you sure youâre willing to give up your immortality, and eventually your powers, for a mere mortal?â
Jimin laughs, loud enough that it would normally wake everyone in the neighbourhood, but his powers have given him a gift of anonymity, so the sound is merely carried away by the wind. Instead of staring into the gilded eyes of his friend that mirrors the storm around them, he looks up at the darkened room again.
With a graceful smile, he peels Taehyungâs hands away from his shoulders before turning away to leave, away from this dreaded weather. Indifferent about whether Taehyung could hear him, Jiminâs ruby eyes twinkle as he grins, âOh, I have never been surer.â
---
Youâre not sure when the dreams started, but it was shortly after you started working under the new CEO, Park Jimin. They werenât so frequent before, maybe happening about once or twice every couple of months with you recollecting bits and pieces come morning. Now, not only were the dreams occurring nightly, youâre left with an uncomfortable mess in the morning â made evident by the growing wet puddle soaking your sheets, but also the way you can no longer look at your boss without heat flaming your cheeks.
When you confide your issue with a good friend of yours, she only gave you a weird look, telling you that the dreams were attributed to the fact that: (a) your boss is fine as hell; and (b) the stress thatâs been accumulating with the mountain of tasks heâs assigned to you.
âIf you want my opinion, I think you just need to get laid,â Jessie scoffs with a roll of her eyes.
Heeding her advice, you donned on your battle armour that consisted of a dark-red dress with a plunging neckline. Youâve been blessed that night with an array of beautiful men who vied for your attention, but even after deciding to go home with the mysterious soft-spoken one whose arm was covered in tattoos, you couldnât go through with it.
Itâs not that he was bad in bed either. The raven-haired boy had kissed you like there was no tomorrow, sending your nerves aflame as you reciprocated his passion. But, as you closed your eyes in pleasure when he laid you down on his bed, his visage was replaced by a certain blonde CEO. And the wonderful night that seemed so promising ended up with you apologizing profusely in embarrassment before speeding away from the mystery manâs apartment at 2am.
Rain has graced the earth more often lately, so by the time you reach your apartment in the outskirts of the city, youâre drenched, adding another tick of irritation to the already shitty night. After you finished towelling your hair dry, you decided that itâs time to sleep, and when you drifted into the abyssal darkness, you hoped that your dreams werenât plagued by a familiar swoop of blonde hair.
---
The room spins as you attempt to make sense of your surroundings. Thereâs a hand on your shoulder that shakes you gently, but try as you might, the pounding in your head makes it impossible for you to keep your eyes open long enough to distinguish its owner.
âBreathe,â says a familiar voice. âItâll go away if you just breathe.â
You do as the voice suggests, inhaling deeply while screwing your eyes shut, in hopes that it will drown out the ringing in your ears. Something soft glides across your eyelids and like magic, silence returns, a trusty companion.
Gingerly, you open an eye before wincing at the harsh fluorescent light. You blink a few times to allow your eyes to adjust to the brightness before finding yourself in the file room of your office, with steel shelves stacked with various kinds of blue binders, each containing reports of the companyâs financial burdens and achievements through the years.
And in front of you, tie askew and flushed in the face, is your boss; the one and only Park Jimin.
He has you pressed up against a file cabinet, caging your body between two strong arms, white sleeves rolled to the elbows. You notice the hint of ink on the corner of your eye â a 13 on his wrist. You open your mouth to ask him about its significance, only to close it back up when his face looms closer.
Before your brain has a chance to register whatâs happening, Park Jimin kisses you.
He kisses you with urgency, but not with haste â undoing you with every sweep of his plush lips against yours.
Though it takes you a moment, you pull him closer by his tie, earning you the familiar quiet chuckle that speeds your heart rate, and you too, kiss him back with fervour. Even when the inches between your bodies fall to zero, you want him to be closer still. And when he parts, you feel the ache of being torn apart. Your hands fall to his chest, the desire to rip the buttons off his white dress-shirt grows stronger with every second that passes as you study the swell of his lips, wet with saliva, glinting in the light.
âDo it.â
It takes you a second to register his words, but when your brain deciphers his meaning, your hands tighten their grip, wrinkling the white cotton fabric. With a heavy inhale, you yank. The buttons donât fly off and clatter to the ground like in movies, but your strength did cause a few to strain against their threads. You run your hands down the expanse of Jiminâs chest as he shivers under your touch. You look up to see a marvel stand before you; one where his eyes are closed, and pretty mouth slightly parted to accommodate his staccato breathing.
âKiss me.â Your words seem to be carried away with the hum of air conditioning, but before you have a chance to repeat yourself, Jimin slams into you, tangling his hand in your hair to tighten the hold he has on your head.
The cabinet clatters as he pairs the kisses with a buck of his hips, dragging his clothed erection up to your core; and you moan, your voice foreign in your own ears. You beg him for more as his nose trails the column of your throat, your own impatient hands fumbling to unbuckle his belt.
âPatience, my dear,â Jimin chides playfully. He puts a stop to your unsuccessful efforts by claiming your hands, kissing the knuckles with a smirk. Youâre left stricken when his eyes meet yours, hypnotized by the ruby irises that stare deep into your soul.
âYour eyes⊠Were they⊠always that colour?â you mumble with a tongue that weighs like lead, but the fog descends on your mind again, rendering you incapable of speech.
âAh!â you screech. The sudden high-pitch ring returns to block your senses and you cover your ears tightly to try and shake it off. From the din, you hear Jimin call your name desperately, but the pain is too great, and soon, youâre unable to see as a bright light consumes your visionâ
Until you sense the same gentle swipe against your closed lids and the searing pain disappears, as though you imagined it all. When you open your eyes again, Jiminâs frowning. You try to remember the last few moments before the pain, only to draw a blank. Have you done something to upset him?
âAre you okay?â Thereâs a thin sheen of sweat above his brows and you reach out to wipe it away with your sleeve.
âI am,â he whispers despite the obviously pained smile. âBut what were you saying?â
âHm? I only asked if you were okay, sir,â you say hesitantly. Jiminâs acting strangely, ruby irises scouring your face desperately for an answer, but youâre not sure you know the questions to the test heâs given you.
âYou were about to say something about my eyes,â he says slowly, evenly, like heâs explaining something to a child.
Your brows furrow. âI was?â
Jimin nods.
âI⊠donât remember,â you admit with a shake of your head. Blinking at him now, you wonder why you would make such a comment â if you did. There isnât anything wrong with his eyes. Theyâre the usual ruby red, flashing brightly against the light⊠right?
Yet, you canât shed the nagging tug, the insistent voice in your brain thatâs telling you that somethingâs wrong, but just as the low throb begins again, Jimin smiles sweetly, like he always does, and you feel at ease. A gentle brush of his knuckles against your cheek silences the part of your brain thatâs trying to rationalize everything.
And when his lips return to glide against yours, you donât remember what it was you were worried about.
âOhââ You gasp into the kiss as his hand trails shapes on the skin of your thighs. Jimin takes the opportunity to kiss you deeper, swiping his tongue over your own. While you tangle your fingers in his hair, he hikes up your skirt and cups his hand over your pussy before he grinds your clit with the heel of his palm.
âJiminââ Your fingers dig into his neck as you roll your hips into his hand. All of it is too little and too much, youâre unravelling too quickly â burning like a comet as you hurtle into his atmosphere.
Yet Jimin doesnât stop, refuses to comply though you sob for his fingers; his cock; anything â to satiate the unbearable need to be filled. You claw at his arms, unable to fret over the long red lines you draw across the expanse of his skin. And just when you think you can no longer hang on, Jimin stops, a regretful smile on his face.
âWhat a shame. Thatâs all the time we have for now.â
---
âHoly shit!â
Youâre up immediately, Jiminâs words still ringing in your ear. You swear you could still feel his hot breath against your skin, as though he was here the night before, but the absence of a warm body next to you signifies that last night was all but a dream.
Yet⊠it was so much more real than the ones prior.
Usually, youâd wake up recalling just the barest of details: Jiminâs lips curling into a smile or the way heâd coo your name as he draws patterns on your skin. But this time⊠you remembered everything; your mind highlighting every mole on his perfect porcelain face.
You wanted nothing more than to soothe the ache from between your legs but glancing at the wall clock on the opposite end of your bed suggests that you wonât have time to bring out Mr. Rabbit to play, considering that you have about 15 minutes to get ready before you miss the bus. With a regretful sigh, you left the warm comfort of your bed to brave the day.
---
âGood morning!â
Despite the enthusiastic chatter youâre engaging with your co-workers, you feel anything but. Youâre still reeling from the dream, unable to stop recalling the way Jiminâs cool fingers brush against your blazing skin. You leave the pantry with a steaming cup of coffee and a heaving sigh before settling down to work.
Your calendar is full of reds and greens, indicating meetings that Jimin must attend and the ones you must attend with him respectively. A secretary to the CEO is a task that would normally require two people, but ever since your partner left, youâve been left to work the pace of two people. Though Jimin has suggested that you hire a second person, you have refused, claiming that youâre saving the company resources since youâre capable of doing the tasks just fine on your own. Being so close to Jimin fills you with pride, especially knowing how much he relies on you to keep things running smoothly.
Fortunately, it also comes with you receiving a significant raise, much more than what youâd originally entered with. You have no doubt Jimin is to thank for that, having convinced the Chairman in a meeting to renegotiate the contract. Speaking of your boss, the time on the lower right corner of your screen indicates that heâs late â something that has never happened before in your five years of working together.
Just as your thumb hovers over the green call button, Jimin enters with a brilliant smile, greeting everyone and asking about their weekend. Youâre almost annoyed at the way he nonchalantly enters through the door, acting like it doesnât matter that heâs a few minutes late just because heâs the boss, but mostly because it isnât fair that heâs doing just fine when youâre left stunned in your shoes; the memories of the dream lingering in the forefront of your mind when your gaze drops to his hands.
You snap to attention as he approaches, slipping on a mask of professionalism as you greet him. âGood morning, Mr. Park. You have a nine oâclock this morning and another one at eleven. Should I bring you the coffee now or in a little bit?â
As Jimin enters his office, he gives you a noncommittal hum, so you follow him inside and close the door behind you, sensing that thereâs something in his mind.
âThat skirt looks good on you,â he praises with a smile before settling in his desk.
Youâre left momentarily speechless, surprised at the sudden compliment. You nod your head in thanks, one Jimin returns with another quirk of his lips. As you stand there in silence as he pulls up his laptop, you allow yourself to admire Jimin in the morning light.
Youâd be remiss to say that he isnât handsome. Everyone in the office, including yourself, may have pined for the young CEOâs attention once or twice since his arrival a few years ago, but you donât delude yourself into thinking that the harmless banter between you was anything more than friendship. However, itâs moments like these, where heâd catch you off guard with his compliments, that has your heart thumping a little bit faster in response to his honeyed words.
He says your name with a chuckle. âHave I lost you already?â he smiles. You clear your throat and shake your head, stumbling out apologies for daydreaming at work, but Jimin only smiles wider, drumming his fingers on the oak table below.
âPlease tell me if youâre not feeling well. Donât make me worry,â he nags lightly.
You force a bright smile to hide your embarrassment. âIâm feeling just fine, Mr. Park. Better than ever,â you reassure him. âSorry for spacing out, what were you saying?â
You catch the slight frown on his pouty lips and the strange shadow that flickers in his eyes, the obsidian melting into soft earth under the sunâ
Wait a minute.
âWere your eyes always brown?â you blurt out, tilting your head to the side.
Jimin blinks in surprise, lips parted as he inhales sharply at your question. âIâm⊠sorry?â he mutters incredulously.
Silence.
Thereâs a creeping feeling of dĂ©jĂ vu as youâre unable to tear your eyes away from his. Something is amiss in this image in front of you, but you havenât figured it out just yet.
Then, a chuckle, though it sounds strained and airy as Jimin breaks through your thoughts. âOf course, my eyes are brown. What other colours could they possibly be?â
An unpleasant fog descends on your mind, and you close your eyes momentarily to see if itâll go away. When it doesnât, your heart increases its speed instead, you offer him a pinched smile before turning to leave. Youâre more tired than usual it seems, standing is starting to become impossible. You hope that a few hours of sitting at your desk would make you feel better.
âRight. Of course. My apologies, sir. Well, if youâll excuse meâŠâ
Just as you turn around to grab the handle of the door, your vision turns hazy, the images blurring together like remnants from your dreams. You try to blink through the fog, but the more you attempt to push through, the heavier your lids fall. Whatever Jimin is muttering is muffled in your ears, the language sounding foreign like heâs communicating underwater. When you turn around and see him stand, approaching your helpless swaying figure, heâs nothing more than a dark silhouette.
Before you descend into darkness, you think you saw a pair of ruby eyes and a voice, so full of regret, whispers in your ear.
âSleep now, youâll feel better when you wake up. I promise.â
---
When you finally blink awake, thereâs a black jacket covering your body. It takes you a few seconds to register that youâre lying on a semi-familiar sectional, and you scramble to stand when you recognize the numerous awards decorating the wall in front of you.
The sun casts hues of oranges and yellow from the large window into Jiminâs office and you watch in horror as the door opens to reveal your boss walking inside with a mug in hand.
âMr. Park! IâŠâ You donât have an excuse ready for what happened: how you dozed off on his couch for an entire workday.
Jimin holds up a hand to stop your floundering speech. Instead of fury, worry exists in the lines of his brows as he approaches your seated figure. âYou should have told me that you werenât feeling well,â he murmurs gently as he hands you the mug of steaming hot tea. âIâm sorry. I really should have hired a new partner for you when Soyoung quit.â
âN-No. Not at all. Iâm sorry for making you worry.â
To your pleasant surprise, he smiles. âNo, please. Donât apologize. As your manager, Iâm taking responsibility for going against the company policy. Your job is meant for two people, and though youâve done a stellar job so far, this only proves that we need to hire someone else.â
Jimin wouldnât dig at your work ethic like that, you know it better than anyone that it wasnât what he meant, but you still feel like you disappointed him. You let your heart sink for a few minutes before picking it back up, a new fire of ambition surging behind your eyes. âMr. Park, if I may be so bold, today is an anomaly. Youâve said yourself that Iâve done a stellar job, so pleaseâŠâ
âWhy are you so intent on doing this by yourself?â
Okay, so maybe the teensy crush youâve developed for him hasnât fully gone away. You canât answer his question without revealing your secret, so you merely repeat âPleaseâ with your head bowed.
Silence stifles the air around you as Jimin thinks. âAll right, fine,â he says with a reluctant sigh, though his lips quirk into a smile at your insistence. âBut please tell me if you start feeling unwell again. Seriously, itâs better you stay home than coming to work sick.â
âThank you,â you beam gratefully at him before taking a sip at your tea. It tastes pleasant, despite you not being able to pinpoint the flavour. Chamomile maybe? As you finish the last sip, you stand and make your way outside, intent on staying late to catch up on all the work youâve missed today.
You relay as much to Jimin, but he stops you as you open the door to his office. âWould you do me a favour and grab these files from the file room?â he asks as he hands you a sticky note filled with corresponding dates and numbers. âNow would be preferable, but Iâm not leaving any time soon. Oh, and be careful. I think a few of them are placed on the higher shelves.â
His warning falls on deaf ears as you scrutinize the numbers on the note. Strange. Why was he looking for records all the way back to when the company was founded? Figuring that it isnât your problem, you promise that youâll bring him the documents in a bitâŠ
Which turns out to be the biggest promise you regret making thus far.
âOwâŠâ you whimper.
Your ankle stings where you had landed on it, having failed to grab the last file you need, which just so happens to also be placed at the highest shelf. The step ladder you used to reach it wasnât tall enough, and despite standing on your tiptoes, your fingers barely graze the bottom of the folder. Your fate was sealed when your distracted brain started thinking about the dream you had the night before.
When you attempt to stand to clean the mess youâve made, gravity pulls you back down when your injured leg is unable to support your weight. Now, youâre sitting on the ground littered with papers, unable to call anyone for help with the shitty cell service in the file room.
Tears well up in your eyes when you think of your sorry state. Would Jimin fire you for your incompetence? Probably not, but itâs been an embarrassing day so far, especially since you spent most of it dozing off on his office couch thatâs usually reserved for his guests. You wonder how he fared with all his meetings that you couldnât attend with him â what sorts of excuses had he come up with when they asked where you were?
âGod, Iâm pathetic.â
Just as youâre wallowing in your self-pity, the door to the file room opens and you spy Jiminâs blonde hair between the empty shelves.
âOver here,â you answer pitifully when he calls your name.
You can almost see the comically large, pulsing angry symbol as he frowns at your slumped figure.
âI told you to be careful!â he grumbles as he surveys your foot. You cry out when his fingers graze at the ankle, the tears youâve been holding onto slipping away down your cheeks. Jiminâs eyes soften at your whimpers, and with a gentleness you didnât know he possesses at the moment; he wipes away your tears with his thumb. âDonât cry. Itâs not broken,â he whispers reassuringly. âItâs a little swollen, but I promise youâre going to be better in the morning. Can you stand?â
You shake your head, hiccupping a âNoâ.
âOkay, put your arms around my neck. Yep. Just like that. Now, hold on,â he instructs before lifting you up.
âW-Wait,â you protest as he carries you in the direction of his office. âArenât I heavy?â
You could feel the rumbling of his laughter with your cheek pressed against his chest. He chuckles as though you couldnât have asked a sillier question. âOf course not. You weigh nothing more than a couple of grapes.â
You pray gratefully to whatever deity can hear you because when he turns around the corner, the office is otherwise empty, save for the janitor that has his back turned. Your cheeks are so heated that you plant your face further into his chest, refusing to look at your surroundings. You stopped wondering if Jimin could hear the manic pounding of your heart when you hear his, and you carry that secret with you until you hear the door click shut.
---
Jimin rests you gently on his desk before retrieving a first aid kid from your desk outside of his office. Heâs gentle as he examines your foot, taking care not to move it around too much and risk injuring it further.
âOkay, youâre definitely good, but make sure to ice it when you get home, okay? And please call into work if you canât move tomorrow. I have faith that you absolutely can do your job from home,â he smiles confidently.
True to his word, the sharp pain has since ebbed into a dull throb as you twist your ankle around. Perhaps if you stayed in the file room longer, you wouldnât have risked embarrassing yourself in front of Jimin, but you wonât lie â you enjoyed being wrapped up in his arms as he carried you into his office.
âThank you,â you mumble, shifting forward to stand.
âNuh-uh,â Jimin tuts, stopping you in your tracks with a gentle nudge on your shoulder. âThat doesnât mean youâre good to go anywhere, missy. Youâre staying here until I finish my work so I can drive you home.â
âButâŠâ you protest, only to have the words die in your throat when he shakes his head firmly. Relenting to his decision, you agree. âOnly if I can buy dinner,â you persuade.
âDeal,â Jimin replies with a grin.
---
When the food arrives, youâre mostly done with catching up with your tasks, having worked through most of the evening in silence after Jimin retrieved your laptop from your desk. You didnât realize you were starving until he returned with a giant white plastic bagâs worth of food. You werenât sure what heâd like, so you got one of everything, allowing yourself to splurge a little bit after he took care of you that afternoon. Hell, the entire day.
âGod, Iâm starving,â you comment, closing your laptop to place it on the coffee table in front of you.
Your stomach grumbles louder with each plastic container Jimin opens, the smell of spices mingling deliciously in the air.
âI donât even know where to start,â he grins, tapping on the plastic plate that was provided in your massive order. âDo you want me to bring the food over to you or can you stand?â
You test your ankle a few times by standing slowly, making sure to put most of your weight on the other leg. Finding your balance is a little tricky, but youâre happy to report that youâre able to at least hobble over to his desk without any chance of falling.
âCarefulâŠâ he mumbles as he watches you, arms outstretched as if heâs ready to catch you should you slip and fall. You have no doubt that Jimin would be able to do it too.
âSee, Iâm fine?â you grin with a roll of your eyes, scooping out some rice and every other side dish that catches your eye.
Jimin joins you on the couch, a hand holding his large stack of food while the other hovers over your elbow despite your protests. As you settled in and began eating, itâs only then that you realized how, dare you say, intimate this was. Of course, youâve had plenty of company related outings where you end up in a restaurant with just Jimin, but thatâs mostly during the day. And here, in his office so late in the evening, the surroundings are akin to a candle-lit dinner, especially since he decided to turn all the lights off aside from his sole table lamp, casting dancing shadows on his face that make your insides flop around while you attempt to focus on your plate instead of his gorgeous face.
When the rest of your dinner has been put away, youâre now left with a limbo in your schedule. On one hand, itâs approaching 9pm, and you still have work tomorrow, so you really should get going, but watching Jimin settle back into his chair, round glasses perched on his nose as he returned to his tasks, youâre reluctant to part from him.
âDo you normally work this late, sir?â
You werenât paying attention when he had taken off his tie and unbuttoned the first few buttons of his shirt, but right now, with the sliver of skin on his chest exposed, he doesnât look like the CEO youâve worked under for several years now. In fact, youâre reminded just then that youâre about the same age, still relatively young and fresh-faced, and surely the hours he put in outside of work is the reason why heâs able to attain this prestigious title today. Jimin doesnât reply to your question right away, mumbling a âone momentâ under his breath as he types.
âI donât normally stay this late,â he sighs, rubbing his eyes underneath his glasses. âBut a certain secretary of mine decided to play Sleeping Beauty on me today, so I have a bit more work that needs to be done.â
You open your mouth to apologize, but youâre cut off by his boyish grin. âIâm just kidding,â he teases with a wink.
âWell, umm, I should probably clean up the files since Iâm mostly done with what I have to do for tomorrow,â you mutter sheepishly.
âSure, donât get hurt this time, all right?â
âThatâs cold, sir,â you pout at his teasing grin. âMy ankle is still a bit numb from the pain.â
You leave Jiminâs office accompanied by the sound of his sweet laughter, and when the door closes shut behind you, you canât help but lean against it for a moment, smiling to yourself.
---
You spend way too long picking up the scattered papers from the floor due to your earlier injury. By the time you are done, Jimin appears, peeking his head in to ask how youâre doing. You gesture at the stacks of folders on the nearby table in triumph, proud that you were able to complete such a task.
âColour me impressed.â Jimin examines the stack of folders in admiration, praising you for a job well done.
âThank you, but this was the least I could do after making such a mess.â
He hums as he surveys the stack, flipping through the first few pages before placing them back down. âIâll help you carry these upstairs. I wouldnât want to be sued for negligence,â he chuckles as he picks up a stack.
Ever considerate, Jimin left you a stack to carry by yourself, so you donât feel useless. You can only grin as you follow him into the elevators (and you may have stolen a few more glances than usual while you were waiting).
âAh, look how late itâs gotten,â Jimin comments when the two of you reach his office. The old grandfather clock he keeps in there rings eleven times, but despite the lateness of the evening, youâve yet to feel tired.
After placing your stack of folders onto his desk, you approach the clock out of curiosity. It stands out of place in the modern-looking office, the ornate swirls on the wood a great contrast to most of the sleek black furniture. Itâs the first thing you notice when you first meet Jimin in the office all those years ago. You never had a chance to ask him what itâs about despite being so close⊠and you realize that tonight was a rare occasion for you to satiate that curiosity of yours.
Your fingers trace the swan etched on the side of the clock, admiring the way it comes alive in the wood, wings spread out as though itâs about to take flight in front of you. âWhatâs the story about this clock? It looks older than I am.â
Jimin looks up from where he sits, gazing warmly at your profile while you play with a relic from his past. âOh, him?â he smiles fondly, leaning back on his chair. âHeâs been with me for over 200 years or so? Iâm surprised he still works, to be honest.â
You can only gape in surprise. âYou mean this clock has been in your family for over 200 years?â
A shadow passes over Jiminâs face. ââŠNot quite,â he mutters, though heâs not sure you heard him. âAnyway, heâs given to me by a friend. Itâs the only furniture I carry with me from my house every time I get a grand office to myself,â he gestures at the room, splaying his arms wide.
Your fondness for him grows as he talks wistfully about the clock like it's alive. It suits him, you think, how he treats everyone with such kindness, youâre not surprised that it extends to objects as well. Turning back to face the clock, you sigh, knowing that it probably is time for you to leave if you donât want to risk being late tomorrow morning.
âWell, if thereâs nothing else, sir, I think Iâll get going now.â
Jimin looks at the clock and nods, and to your surprise, he stands up from his desk, placing his glasses on top of his keyboard before offering an arm towards you. âAll right, Iâll walk you to your car. Itâs awfully late and I donât want anything to happen to my favourite secretary.â
The compliment makes you laugh, butterflies threatening to burst from your stomach. âI believe Iâm your only secretary, sir.â
âAh, I meant what I said,â he winks.
Just as youâre crossing the threshold of his office, your heels catch on the edge of his rug, sending you tumbling forward with a yelp. You expect your flailing arms to catch yourself when you hit the floor, but the impact never comes because Jiminâs suddenly right there, strong arms holding your waist as his eyes expand in shock.
âAre you all right!?â he half-shouts. âYou really should be more careful!â
You can barely listen to his nagging because your hands are pressed on his sculpted chest, a sliver of skin peeking through from where he undid the first two buttons of his dress shirt. Your breath hitches in your throat as you graze the heated skin with your fingertips, and you hear Jimin inhale sharply â whatever words he was uttering caught in his throat as he zeroes in on your hands.
He whispers your name oh-so quietly, caressing every syllable with his tongue, and you slowly bring your eyes to his face. Jimin traps you in his hypnotizing gaze, never letting you break away, not even when your heart pounds so loudly against your ribcage, youâre sure itâs about to breakthrough; not even when your breaths turn into shallow staccatos, your head beginning to swim from the lack of oxygen. You can sense the strong emotion that rests behind those knowing eyes, and as you continue to stare, you wonder if it matches the one you hold in yours.
âWhy do you look at me like that?â you murmur.
âLike what?â
âLike you want to kiss me?â You didnât mean to make it sound like a question, but your voice catches in your throat when Jimin leans in, his eyes drooping close.
âDo you want me to kiss you?â he whispers, lips ghosting over yours, faces merely inches apart.
âYes.â
The breathless affirmation barely left you when Jimin attaches his lips to yours, kissing you with the same urgency that youâve felt in your dreams, only this time itâs real. One of his hands travel from your waist to cup the side of your face, his thumb swiping against your cheek. He catches the bottom of your lip with his teeth, tugging it lightly to make you moan against his hold.
âYou have no idea how long Iâve waited for this,â he rasps into your skin as he undoes your blouse. âTo touch you; to kiss you this way⊠Youâll be the death of me.â Every word is punctuated with a searing kiss, his lips setting your skin ablaze when he passes by your neck, your jaw, your collarbone.
âAhâJimin,â you gasp, tugging the ends of his blonde locks as you wrap your legs around his waist.
Jimin lifts you up with little effort, his mouth never leaving your neck until he sets you down gently on his desk; his things thrown haphazardly on the floor below with a sweep of his arm.
âBeautiful,â he mumbles at your half-naked state. His thumb swipes over a pebbled nipple, causing you to arch your back with a whimper. He lets his nail scratch gently along the sides of your breasts, almost absentmindedly, while he watches your reactions with amusement. âWould you let me see all of you?â
All you can muster is a breathy âPleaseâ.
You help him remove the remainders of your clothing to join the mess on the floor, your body shivering as you lay naked on his desk. Jimin hums as he traces your curves with the palm of his hand, until he reaches the apex of your thighs. âLet me take care of you first, yeah?â
With wide eyes, you watch him sink to the floor while his strong hands push your legs apart to reveal your glistening slit. Jimin breathes in deeply as he kisses along your thighs, his lips leaving a trail of reminders before he dives in.
âJiminâŠâ you whimper as he drags the flat of his tongue along your folds.
Jimin notices the way your spine locks in place when he repeats the action. âRelax for me, sweetheart. I got you.â A hand reaches out from below to intertwine with yours and he gives you a firm squeeze before resuming his task.
He starts out slow â dragging the flat of his tongue across your folds while his remaining hand circles around your entrance. Youâre left shaking where you lay, unable to connect your thoughts together to stammer out a coherent sentence. All thatâs left in your brain is his name, increasingly becoming permanent with every second that goes by.
When he feels your body relax underneath him, Jimin prods your entrance with his tongue, sinking in and out of your hole as you pulse around him before he replaces it with a finger, and then two. You hiss at the slight burn, squeezing the hand youâre holding into a tight grip.
âRelax,â he reminds you gently, swiping his thumb across your pale knuckles. âFocus on nothing else but me.â
âMoreâŠâ you mewl, shivering under his grip. âPraise me more.â
Jimin chuckles, shaking his head in disbelief. Instead of a sassy remark, you receive the soothing lilt in his voice. âGood girl,â he whispers. âMy good girl. Youâre doing so well; look at this cunt greedily sucking me in.â
Youâre lavished in praise, though his voice shifts into a deep growl with every coax of his fingers inside you. And when his thumb swipes across your clit, the tight tether you held onto slowly unravels.
âAre you close, sweetheart? God, youâre really tight,â he hisses before replacing his thumb with his mouth. âYouâre gonna be a good girl and cum on my fingers, right?â
âYes,â you breathe, burning like a thousand suns under his attention. âIâm so close!â
âLet go for me. Iâm right here,â Jimin reassures you in whispers before silencing himself with your taste.
âJimin!â
You think you screamed, but you canât be too sure, not when your body is pulled apart and pieced together as you come undone before him. Youâve never had an orgasm like this â a great abyss threatening to pull you under as the waves slams against your wavering figure repeatedly. Through it all, Jimin drinks your essence, his sleeves soaked through as he continues to thrust into your walls.
âI canâtânot anymore,â you protest weakly.
âYou can and you will. Youâre my good girl, arenât you?â Your feeble attempts to push his head away stop at his emphasis. âThatâs it,â Jimin praises as your hand returns to your side before planting a series of kisses along your folds, âJust relax one more time for me, okay?â
Jimin is by no means gentle this time around, slipping a third finger inside before increasing his pace. His once sweet words morph into growls laced with passion, washing your body aflame with desire. âGod, youâre so fucking tight. This tiny cunt can barely fit my fingers, Iâm not certain youâll be able to fit all of me inside,â he grunts. âDo you think you can handle the stretch?â
You can barely keep your eyes open through his taunts, your mind spiralling out of control as you focus on the pleasure derived from his fingers. The answer you give him is intelligible, a choked whine of his name in place of agreement.
âOh?â Jimin lifts an eyebrow at your state. âToo fucked out to talk already? Iâve barely started,â he chuckles. âWhatâs wrong, baby?â In his dangerously low voice, the otherwise cute pet name sounds demeaning. âAre my fingers too much for you?â
He tuts in disapproval when a beat lapses without a coherent response. Then, like sweet torture, his pace switches into a snailâs crawl. âI donât know if you can take me in if youâre this out of it with just my fingers. Squeeze my hand once if you want to continue. Twice if you want to stop.â
âNo!â The protest you utter is whiny and grating to your ears, and your attempt to sit up fails when your body refuses to peel itself away from his desk. âDonât stop, please? So close.â That was⊠barely a sentence, but you beg silently that it does the job. Remembering his request, you squeeze the hand youâre holding once to reassure him.
Jimin smiles at your resilience. âOkay, but weâll go slow this time. Ah, ah,â he tuts when you begin to whine. âSlow or not at all. Your choice.â
You grit your teeth at the illusion of choice, but the pace heâs set doesnât seem so bad at all. With a great sigh, you relent to his wishes. âSlow,â you whisper. âWe can go slow. I promise Iâll be good, sir.â
âSir?â he muses with a raised brow. âHmm⊠Well, I do like the sound of that. And what about you? Do you like âsweetheartâ,â he plants a kiss on your thigh. You shiver. ââŠâbabyâ,â another kiss, this time higher, ââŠâpetâ?â Jimin replaces his fingers with his mouth as he makes out with your cunt, his tongue slipping in and out of your pulsing hole. Face soaked with your arousal; he returns his fingers in their rightful place, eyes glinting with mischief as he fucks you slowly. âOr maybe, you prefer something harsher⊠how about âslutâ?â Jimin attaches his mouth on your clit, grazing the nub ever-so-gently with his teeth.
Your gasp slips into a moan at the spine-chilling sensation, your eyes rolling back. âLove itâah! Call me whatever you w-want.â
âMy good, pretty slut. So turned on sheâs making a mess all over my desk. Iâm sure the smell will linger for days,â he chuckles into your skin. âOh, look at you, clenching hard around my fingers. You like the thought of me walking inside my office tomorrow and thinking of you, huh? Iâve always known you were territorial. Isnât that why you wonât let me hire a partner for you? Staking your claim as the only person that always has access to me?â At your subtle nod, his smile widens into a mischievous grin. âLooks like I was wrong about you being good. Youâre a naughty thing, arenât you?â
Jimin couldnât help the taunts coming out from his mouth, the true nature of his being â the need to corrupt â showing itself through the cracks in the control he wields. And you⊠so responsive, beyond anything heâs ever imagined. Your body is so sensitive that it doesnât require him to use his powers at all. Maybe the dreams heâs been poisoning you with have taken affect. The thought saddens him somehow. Could this not have happened without the use of his powers after all? Was he nothing without them?
Caught in his thoughts, Jimin doesnât realize the stutter in his movements. Heâs about to apologize when you interrupt him, as you assume that itâs your fault for not responding to his questions. âSir, please! I swear Iâm a good girl. Please donât stop⊠Iâm so close.â
His spirits lift at the sight of you mewling before him, your body jumping with every crook of his fingers inside. No, he thinks, itâs time for him to focus on you and nothing else, resonating with his earlier advice. He releases a little bit of his power, letting it mingle with the air to heighten your senses. âIf youâre so good, cum for me then,â he breathes, drowning you in praise and kisses along your heated skin. âOne more time. Let me hear you call my name one more time.â
âJiminââ you obey, breathless and shaking. âJimin.â
His name is a prayer etched upon your lips and with every inhale, Jiminâs unaware of the mark heâs left, not just riddled along your skin, but at the very core of your heart. This time, when you come undone, itâs with a blazing inferno, your body calling out to your release and a strong desire for him to be yours.
âThatâs it. Let go.â
So, you do. With your heart trapped in your throat, pounding along to the tune of his fingers; with your nails scratching the back of his hand that youâve held through the entire duration; and with all your adoration, pouring out from every crevice you didnât know existed in your body.
This time, when you beg him to stop, Jimin listens. He stands to claim your lips sweetly, engulfing them with his, a slow kindling in comparison to before. Your eyes can barely open, but when you manage to peek, you see the knot of concentration resting on his brows. The smile finds its way into the kiss, one that Jimin reciprocates. It doesnât matter that you can taste your saltiness on his tongue, because all that exists now is Jimin.
Jimin, your attentive boss, whoâs always had his teamâs best interest in mind.
Jimin, the harmless flirt, who reminds you every day that youâre beautiful when he catches you staring at your reflection in the mirror with a cocky grin.
Jimin, colleague, friend, and hopefully lover.
You intertwine your arms around his neck to pull him deeper, closer, until thereâs not an inch of air between your bodies. What youâre doing hardly constitutes as kissing â lips gliding across each other. Exhaustion seeps into your bones, making them heavier than before. When you part, thereâs beautiful silence, a serenity created from unspoken words, though thereâs a quiet certainty that both parties feel the same way despite their unshared feelings.
âJimin, IâŠâ you begin to whisper, the confession sitting idly on your tongue. Your lids are heavy, refusing to open despite your desire to see his face. âThat was incredible.â
Jimin nuzzles his face on the crook of your neck, breathing you in, sweat and all. âSatisfied?â
You chuckle breathlessly, a shaky hand absentmindedly playing with his hand. âI donât know if I can stand, injury aside. Iâm pretty sure my legs are wobbly.â
âI can always carry you to your car,â he hums. âBetter yet, let me take you home.â
âIâd like that very much.â
Jimin helps you up with a firm hand on your back before handing you the clothes he threw earlier on the floor. When your hands are too shaky to loop the buttons of your blouse, he chuckles and takes over, so you take the time to admire his beauty â at the now-messy blonde hair that frames the sides of his face, a complete disarray compared to his normal slicked-back look; at his cheeks, dotted crimson from exertion; and all the way to the satisfied smirk resting on that perfect pout. Oh, you can kiss him all day.
Naturally, your gaze gravitates to his eyes, and you smile when you notice his expanded pupils, how they almost engulf the crimson of his irises that theyâre almost black.
âŠCrimson?
Your hand wraps around his wrist to stop his current task while your eyes search his face for an explanation.
At the death grip circling around his wrists, he stares into your wide eyes with confusion. âIs there something on my face?â
âRed,â is all you say, a whisper of disbelief, but itâs enough for Jimin to connect the dots.
Thereâs a crack in his carefully constructed façade.
âShit!â He rips his hands away to turn around and shield his eyes from yours. Jimin has used his power the entire day, and now heâs left spent, an empty battery, unable to erase your memory and change his appearance. He tries to think of an excuse â something to put you at ease for now, but nothing would make sense, and his panicking brain has left the building in lieu of aiding him.
Red. Just like your dreams. The feeling of dĂ©jĂ vu, the heavy fog that puts you to sleep⊠was it all his doing? Your face pales into horror as you look for an answer in his quaking shoulders. It couldnât be⊠right?
âAre you the reason for my dreams?â You had to make sure. He canât be the reason for it⊠right? When he doesnât respond, you leave the desk and approach his figure. âJimin?â
Just before your hand touches his back, Jimin moves away. âStay back,â he murmurs in warning. âI⊠I didnât want you to find out this way.â
You retract your hand away, but youâre firm in your stance, refusing to move until you have an explanation. âTell me. Just who are you?â
Jimin struggles with his options. Erasing your memory is the safest bet, but itâs a power he has yet to master. The fickle nature of the magic would mean that heâd risk losing this entire night with you. Going back to your relationship before would be agony. There was no way heâd be able to be the same boss, youâd spy the longing on his face a mile away. No, erasing your memory was not an option⊠so, what does that leave him?
âThe truth.â You voice his thoughts so easily. âI want to know the truth.â
This entire day was all wrong. You werenât supposed to find out so soon. He figured he could hide his true nature a little longer, but now any hopes of a relationship with you have been thrown out the window⊠all because he couldnât maintain his control over his powers. Stupid. So, stupid. Heâd have to relocate, so he doesnât have to see your face.
The soft call of his name breaks him from his thoughts, like a hand reaching out into the darkness. In his agony, he accepts your help, which means turning around to face you.
To face the truth.
A gasp leaves your lips. And then he begins.
âIâm not human, though I donât doubt youâve probably figured it out.â Jimin offers a rueful smile that you donât reciprocate. You clamp your lips to avoid interrupting, letting him explain from the very beginning.
Your mind whirls with information about supposed mythical beings of old. When you ask how long heâs walked the earth, he winces. âToo long,â Jimin mumbles, but doesnât delve further into the matter. You donât broach the subject either. Jimin explains that heâs an incubus, who feasts on dreams to regain energy, but he swears he only takes a little at a time and that it hasnât affected any of his previous targets.
You skirt over the fact that thereâs been others before you. It makes sense, but the ugly green monster that rears its head is less rational than you are.
âSo, your previous⊠targets,â your lips curl in disgust at the word, âdonât remember their dreams⊠Why do I remember mine?â
Jimin shrugs and stays silent, though you have a feeling itâs not from lack of knowledge.
âI donât know if I can do this,â you whisper with regret.
Though he isnât surprised by your decision, his heart breaks all the same. He hangs his head in shame, letting the curtain of his hair shield you from his tears. Of course, youâd feel cheated; manipulated. Any rational human would assume so â that their emotions are completely fabricated because of his powers, even he couldnât be deluded enough to believe the possibility of your feelings to be genuine. Yet, your next words bring a flutter of hope in his heart.
â10⊠15 years will go by like a blink of an eye and everyone will begin to wonder why you havenât changed.â You shake your head, not in disbelief, but to rid the thoughts of a domestic life ahead with him as you begin to lay the foundation of a wall around your heart. âAnd if we have kidsâŠâ Thatâs a delusion too far in the future, but youâd be lying to say you hadnât thought of it. You shake your head once. Firmly. Discarding all hopes of a future with Jimin.
When you lift your head to apologize for a final time, youâre surprised to find him amused instead of grief-stricken.
âWhat?â
Jimin can hardly contain his excitement. âSo⊠your only problem is time-related? That I wonât grow old with you?â
Was he insinuating that your concerns are stupid? âOkay, Mr. Demon,â you scowl. âWhat other problems should I be worried about?â
He chuckles quietly before reaching out, the tips of his fingers brushing against your cheek. Your body turns rigid, and youâre hardly breathing. With a wicked grin, he whispers, âHow about the fact that I have the ability to compel you to serve me? Havenât you considered that I, a demon, may be dangerous?â
This time, itâs your turn to laugh. Through your heaving breaths, you manage to see the pout on his face, which only makes you laugh harder. âJimin,â you chuckle, wiping your tears with the palm of your hand. âI have no doubt that you would have done it already if you wanted to. So, yes, Iâm more worried about the time thing.â
âDoes that meanâŠâ he whispers, hopeful. âDoes that mean you want to grow old with me?â
âYes. I mean no! I meanââ
âPlease,â he cuts you off. âThe truth.â
It isnât fair how he used your words against you, but you answer him anyway. âI donât know if we should jump into talking about marriage so quickly,â you mumble, shifting your weight from one foot to the other. âI mean! Weâre not even dating yet.â
âThen be my girlfriend.â
You must be hearing things. âWhat?â
Jimin takes a step towards you, his palm now fully resting against your cheek. âI mean it. If your only issue is time, I already have a solution. I gave up my immortality a year ago now,â he confesses. His crimson eyes hold the same intense yearning youâre too familiar with: of sleepless nights alone, and of unsatisfactory touches from strangers. âI wouldâve explained everything to you if you hadnât found out today, but, I guess this is sort of fate?â
âI meant what I said,â he murmurs. âIn all my time on this earth, Iâve never met someone like you, and I donât think Iâll meet another after you either. Thatâs why it must be you. Even an immortal being dies eventually, and Iâd rather choose my way of âgoingâ, so to speak.â
Jimin lets the words sink in, waiting patiently for your response. âYou meant it all?â you parrot, stunned at the confession. âHow long have you been⊠interested in me?â Was it too early to say âloveâ? Depending on his answer, you assume so.
âWhen you introduced yourself five years ago in this office,â he sighs wistfully, stealing a glance at his door like heâs relieving the memory. âAll Iâve wanted to do was to touch you;â he leans in, face inching closer.
âTo kiss you;â he whispers as his lips mould against yours.
âTo hold you.â Jimin wraps you up in an embrace, holding you tightly in his arms. In your ears, he whispers, a final confession that eases all your worries. âI want to grow old with you.â
The sincerity in his voice brings you to tears, and you let them fall, soaking the white of his shirt grey.
âHey, hey, are you crying? Did I say something wrong? Please donât cryâŠâ Jimin frets, lowering himself to hook his chin on your shoulder, so he could squeeze you tighter.
You nuzzle further into his chest with a teary chuckle. âN-No. Nothingâs wrong. Just happy.â
âGood,â he mumbles before planting a soft kiss on your cheek. âAlthough now that I think about it, I havenât heard your response.â
âWhat do you mean?â
âHave you forgotten already?â he chuckles. âI asked you to be my girlfriend.â
âMore like demanded,â you snicker. âBut yes, Iâd love nothing more, but youâre going to have to prove yourself to me first.â
Jimin lights up at your response, the ruby in his eyes glowing bright despite the dim light. âOf course, anything you ask, Iâll do it. Iâll show you every day that my feelings are genuine.â
He then proceeds to hold up his pinkie towards you. âAs long as you promise to stay with me?â
With a laugh, you join your pinkie with his, sealing the promise with a final kiss.
âI do.â

moon's notes: i didn't include sex in this because i'm kind of bored of writing it tbh? but i will have a drabble out sometime next week for this couple because i love them so so much! what do you think about the dulce somnii universe so far? do you like it? what theories do you have for the other members đ
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Fake Love | Jung Hoseok (M)

PAIRING:Â Jung Hoseok x F!Reader, mentions of Namjin
GENRE: Fake dating AU, enemies to lovers, fluff, smut, minor angst
WARNINGS:Â Explicit sexual content, dirty talk, slight dom!Hoseok
WORD COUNT: 16.2k
DESCRIPTION: Every year, your family spends the holidays at your parentsâ cottage in the country. Freshly single and not wanting to be picked apart by your family for being alone, you decide to recruit one of your friends to pretend to be your boyfriend. The only available volunteer? Your brother Namjoonâs roommate, Hoseok. Only problem? He absolutely hates your guts.
I should get up, you think to yourself. Daylight is precious in the dead of winter, and youâve probably already wasted at least half of it wallowing in self-pity. Youâre lying in bed, duvet pulled high over your head, wondering exactly how and when your life took such a left turn.
Breakups have never been easy for you. Youâd always had trouble when it came to datingâyouâd always described yourself as the girl that no one would fall in love with, but who had a lot of friends. You were social, flitting around with ease between one group of friends to another, but you had always wondered if your absence would be noted if you were to just stop showing up to parties or work functions.
But then you met Jackson.
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devil's playthings | myg

†SUMMARY | Yoongi has been widowed for over 2 years nowâlong past the time of mourningâand has made no move to remarry. Despite all the eligible maidens trying to catch the rugged dukeâs eye, heâs stayed stubbornly idle in his search for a wife. For a man at court, especially at Yoongiâs standing, remarrying was essential and highly expected; even though the man had heirs and his lineage was assured, a wife was a political move, and a highly coveted one. None of this slipped the young princessâ mind, her sharp eyes on the much older man. But Yoongi should be carefulââfor Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.â
†RATE | 18+
†PAIRING | (dilf)duke!yoongi à princess!reader
†GENRE | royalty au, magic au, forbidden relationship
†SIN | sloth (for the â„ 7 Deadly Sins collab â„)
†WARNINGS | age gap, use of sex pollen, mentions of m!masturbation, dirty talk, slight (slight) degradation, marking, spitting, titty fuck, facial, deep throat, oral both!receiving, sixty nine, fingering, unprotected penetrative sex, choking, breeding kink/breeding, spanking, squirting, hair pulling, clit slapping, cervix contact, overstimulation
†WC | 9.3k
†A/N | whoo it's finally here!! No one clown me for making even a royalty au a dilf fic đ€Ą I also want to shout out @sunshinekims and @kithtaehyung for lending me their lovely names for this fic <3 and of course @sugasbabiie , whoâs enthusiasm fueled me from the start <3 hope you guys enjoy! +
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diamonds are a girls best friend | myg | part 1

ă pairing: best friends dad yoongi x f!reader
ă genre: smut, fluff, angst, three-shot, hidden relationship
ă word count: 7.4k
ă rating: 21+ for explicit smut
ă summary: you know itâs wrong. so wrong. thereâs a saying that goes around - âif you canât tell your best friend about it, then you probably shouldnât be doing itâ but when what you shouldnât be doing is your best friendâs ridiculously hot and wealthy dad, just how do you say no to that.
ă warnings: forbidden romance, sneaking around? , dom!yoongi, sub!reader, age gap, ugh our lil couple is stupidly in lurv, lots of kissing, lots of hiding, love bites, sucking and biting, our yoongi gets off on being caught sO - exhibitionist yoongi in the form of changing room sex, fingering in a cafe bathroom, unprotected sex, shower sex, overstimulation.
ă a/n: biggest thanks to @kithtaehyung for making this lovely banner , its absolutely stunning. also to @sugasbabiieâ & @knjsnoonaâ for being a wonderful betas, @ressjeon for being a supportibe hoe & @kimtaehyunqâ for being my whole rock n allowing me to stress over this as well as betaing too - i love u âĄ
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Yoongi kisses the back of your shoulders as his fingers grace lightly over your damp skin; the back of his calloused hands caressing up and down your arm softly before turning you around and pressing his lips against yours in a searing kiss full of lust and want.Â
His large hands skim over your soft skin and grip your hips, squeezing tightly, almost as if to tell you that he is still here with you. You wrap your arms around his neck and allow him to hoist you up, pressing your back against the cold tiles behind you as your legs wrap around his hips and lock your ankles around his slender waist, encouraging him to make his next move.Â
âYouâre such a tease, pretty girl. Leaving me waiting in a changing room for, what, fifteen minutes?â He moans against your mouth, tugging on your bottom lip and suckling the skin gently before pulling and letting it go. âYou should know by now Iâm not a patient man.âÂ
Breaking the kiss, Yoongi starts to trace warm, open mouthed kisses down your neck towards the column of your throat. As he finds your sweet spot in between the junction between your neck and shoulder, you moan at the sensation of Yoongi sucking and biting lilacs and rose blossom marks into your skin before skimming over them with his tongue.
Words are lost on you - all you could do is moan out pathetically at the attention youâre receiving. The small space is getting harder to see with the hot steam clouding your sight. One hand finds the back of Yoongiâs neck and tugs on his ebony hair, allowing his head to snap up to look you in the eyes, âJ-just fuck me, Yoongi, please,â you plead.
Yoongi doesnât waste another moment as he kisses you again, and he grips his cock in his hand and aligns it with your pussy before sliding all the way in one fluid motion, causing your back to arch in his arms against the tiled wall. Giving you a moment to adjust, Yoongi trailed his lips from your mouth and along your jaw before kissing up to your ear, his teeth nipping at the sensitive lobe. The breathy sounds only add to the slick in your cunt.
âMove,â you moan out, your voice breathless and airy. Yoongi pulls out, leaving just the head in before thrusting all the way back in. You gasp out at the impact, followed by a series of moans and whines as Yoongi captures your left nipple between his teeth, suckling the sensitive bud into his mouth, before pulling away with an obscene groan of his own.
âGotta be quiet in here, baby.â Yoongi grunts, punctuating his words with never ending hard thrusts into your pussy, head falling forward onto your shoulder as his nails dig into the flesh of your thighs. âYou never know whoâs around.â
Your pussy clenches at his words; the thrill of being caught in a public place is one thing, but the thought of being caught somewhere public with a man you shouldnât be with was another. You lower your head towards his shoulder and leave open mouthed kisses on his skin in desperation. The shower water does somewhat of a job of concealing both of your moans.Â
âGonna c-cum Yoongi,â you whimper.Â
âMe too baby, wonât last much longer.Â
Yoongi sighs in euphoria as he brings one hand up to knead your right tit while his tongue swirls and sucks the left one, worshipping every inch of your body. Yoongi keeps up his pace to get you to your release first, a true gentleman. Moving his hand back to your ass, he curves his fingers into your skin, leaving small, barely visible crescent shapes with his small nails as he continues to fuck into you relentlessly.Â
Yoongi can always tell when youâre near your release as you clench your warm inner walls around his cock repeatedly as he never falters while piledriving you into the wall. Your head falls back as you clench around him one more time.
âIâm comi-!âÂ
Yoongi cuts you off with a kiss to mask the volume of your moans. Your eyes snap shut, white spots appear in the inside of your closed lids as your second orgasm washes over you with immense power. The climax is stronger than you initially thought as you feel wetness all along the inside of your thighs before being washed away by the water from the overhead shower hose.
With a few more erratic thrusts into your creamy cunt, Yoongi seizes and holds you up with every bit of strength in him he has left. With help from the wall and your arms wrapped tightly around his neck as he relishes in the
sweet bliss of release overcoming him like a freight train.
Yoongi looks down to where your bodies meet, watching the way his cock throbs as he releases inside of you. Itâs been a while since heâs filled you up like this. He rides out his orgasm slowly, sliding in and out of you, admiring the way his load puddles at your entrance.
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