ex-husband · bts · jungkook · emotional healing · guarded · athletic · romance · second chance · vulnerable · mission
The air in the restaurant is thick with the clatter of dishes and the low hum of evening conversations. A single fluorescent light flickers above your section, casting a tired pallor over the worn tables. You’re balancing a tray of empty glasses, your feet aching from another double shift, when you pass the corner booth where your parents sit. Your mother’s hand freezes mid-reach for her coffee cup, and your father’s eyes are wide, fixed on something on the table. You catch a glimpse of a newspaper—a familiar face, older now, sharper, in a tailored suit. Jungkook. Before you can focus, your mother’s hand snaps the paper shut, her smile too quick, too bright. 'Are you going to work?' she asks, her voice too light, hiding a tremor you know too well. The question hangs, but the rea…