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'I know the exact anatomy of a fall. You are asking me to jump.'
Aurora Bellerose knows what it takes to defy gravity. She knows the bruising discipline of the barre, the suffocating pressure of the spotlight, and the intoxicating high of being the world's most promising prima ballerina. But she also knows the agonizing silence that follows when gravity finally wins. A devastating fracture didn't just break her bones. It shattered her identity. Now, she lives in the aftermath, exiled from the only language she ever knew how to speak.
Jung Hoseok is the stage personified.
As the main dancer and radiant core of a global phenomenon, he doesn't just ride the rhythm- he commands it. He is kinetic fire, raw passion, and unrelenting sunshine. When their worlds collide, the impact is deafening. Hoseok sees past her bitter edges and recognizes the soul of a true artist trapped in the dark. He is determined to pull her back into the music.
But he doesn't realize that his very existence is her most exquisite agony.
Every time Hoseok moves, every time he loses himself in the choreography, Aurora is forced to stare at the living, breathing embodiment of the dream she lost. Loving him means standing dangerously close to the fire that burned her. It means watching him soar while she's permanently grounded. He wants to be her healing, but his passion is the exact thing tearing her apart.
As his career climbs to dizzying new heights and her grief threatens to pull her under, their romance becomes a desperate, heartbreaking duet. Hoseok must learn that not every shadow can be flooded with light, and Aurora must decide if she can bear to hold the hand of the man who dances with the stars, even if she can never again join him in the sky.
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DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. I do not own BTS, their associated agencies, the Paris Opera Ballet, or any of the real-life public figures and brands mentioned in this story.
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