Marry Me Instead

Seven men. Five years of hidden desire. One unhinged question that changes everything.For seven years, Jaehyun has grown up in the intense, high-octane world of idol fame, shielded and protected by his six older groupmates. To the world, they are a flawless, chart-topping family. But to Jaehyun, they have always been his entire universe—and a source of a deep, agonizing want he has never been allowed to voice. He's not the innocent sixteen-year-old they raised anymore, but breaking the unwritten rule of their brotherhood feels like a line he can never cross.Until a late-night, alcohol-fueled fan game strips his filter away.When asked a ridiculous hypothetical—lose his hyungs forever, or be forced to marry all six of them—Jaehyun answers instantly, without thinking. And he says it like he means it.The heavy, breathless silence that follows cracks their carefully constructed world wide open. As the dam of multi-year repression bursts, Jaehyun discovers a terrifying, ecstatic truth: he wasn't the only one suffocating in the dark. None of them looked at him like a younger brother. And now that the truth is out, the time for careful gentleness is over.From private, tense confrontations to an absolute, uninhibited surrender of skin and heat, the boundaries of their group dissolve entirely. They don't want to protect him anymore—they want to claim him. All at once. And Jaehyun is more than ready to let them.