The Girl Behind The Lights

For two years, Mary Elise Hofmann has been Mrs. Min Yoongi.
On paper.

That was the deal. His parents would only let him chase his dream of becoming a Kpop idol if he got married by 32.
So he asked his childhood friend.
And Elise, who loved him since highschool even when he never looked her way... said yes.

Yoongi got the world. The stage. The fame. BTS.
Elise got a ring she could never wear in public and a husband who barely remembered she existed.
To him, she was just a name on a contract. A signature to keep his parents quiet.
No dates. No attention. No "I miss you".
Just silence.

But people can only wait in the shadows for so long.

Elise is tired. Tired of loving a man who doesn't see her. Tired of being the girl behind the lights.
So she starts to fade. Slowly. Quietly. Until one day, Yoongi realizes the house feels too empty.
That the one person who's always been there... is slowly disappearing.

And it's only when she's about to let go that Yoongi starts to see her.
Really see her.

A marriage that started as a lie.
A love that was never supposed to happen.
And a girl who has to choose between holding on, or finally setting herself free.