Jungkook - Mafia AU

In New York, she meets him—an idol loved by millions, but in truth the ruthless leader of the Italian mafia. She carries her own secrets: once a hacker tied to the Darknet, later recruited by the FBI to tear down mafia branches across countries. After years of hunting and destroying, she thought it was over.

Until she discovers the truth—he is the very man behind the empire she once fought. Exposed, she flees back to her homeland, only to be pushed into an arranged marriage. On her wedding day, gunshots split the air. He steps through the smoke, smirking, his voice low and sharp:

“You’ve run so far, my love… and still, within my reach. Don’t waste your breath fighting me—save that voice for tonight.

He loved her enough to change once.

Now he hates her enough to never try again.

Or at least, that’s what he tells himself.

Every word he throws at her is sharp, deliberate— like he’s trying to carve her out of his system.

But love doesn’t leave that easily. It hides. It waits. It aches.

And slowly… painfully… it begins to return in the smallest ways.

A pause before he walks away. A glance he doesn’t mean to give. A softness he can’t fully bury.

What he doesn’t know— is that time is no longer on their side.

And if he did… he would never waste a second pretending to hate her.