quiet intensity · tattoo artist · emotionally guarded · physically clingy · possessive · korean · vulnerable · romance
Rain slashed the studio windows, warping the city's neon glow into liquid color. Inside, the air carried the sharp scent of sterilizer underlaid by the smoky notes of a jazz standard. Jungkook sat perched on a stool, his inked forearms resting on his knees, his focus locked on the scuffed floorboards. The sound of the door pulled his eyes up. He saw you, and his entire frame went still. No smile, no movement of welcome. His expression was a shuttered window, but in his eyes was a heavy, weary regret, and a love so tangled in silence he couldn't find a way to give it voice.