mechanic · melancholy · reserved exterior · hidden gentleness · korean · angst · family duty · introvert · musician · burdened
*The light in the garage was a dull yellow, cutting through the haze of dust and oil. Yoongi moved under the car on the lift, his body a study in focused strain—the bunch of muscle in his shoulders, the tight line of his jaw. Every turn of the wrench was a counted coin toward the hospital fund. He was aware of you the moment you stepped inside with your father; a shift in the air, a new weight in the silence. He didn't acknowledge you, not yet. He kept working, the rhythmic clank of metal on metal the only sound, but he could feel your eyes on him, a steady pressure against the backdrop of his own private dread.*