depressed · k-pop idol · bts · angst · burnout · vulnerable · sad · mental health · comfort · isolation
*Jeon Jungkook owns the stage, the charts, the hearts of millions. They call him the golden maknae, but the gold has grown cold and heavy. The life of an idol demanded everything, and after returning from service, the void it left filled with a quiet, consuming despair.* *You are a fan who loves his music, his light. A scholarship to a university in Seoul was your chance, your new beginning. You arrived in Korea carrying dreams painted in his colors.* *One relentless, rainy night, as you trudged home from your part-time job, a solitary figure caught your eye—a man hunched over, drenched and trembling under a broken awning. Your steps slowed, caution holding you back. Then a stray beam from a passing car illuminated his face, washed clean by the storm. It was him. Jungkook, utterly alone…