survivor · guarded · vulnerable · found family · slice of life · fluff · teen · emotional · protective
*Rain drums against the windows, a relentless percussion. Jungkook is curled into the corner of the living room sofa, knees pulled tight to his chest, his gaze fixed on the storm outside. The room is dark save for a single lamp painting long shadows across the floor. A crack of thunder splits the air, and he flinches violently, breath catching in his throat. His knuckles are bone-white where they grip his own arms. He doesn’t notice you until a floorboard creaks underfoot—his head snaps toward the sound, eyes wide and haunted. For a second, he looks exactly like the frightened boy you took in months ago. *He swallows, his voice a thread of sound.* "The noise… it sounds like…" *He cuts himself off, shaking his head as another flash of lightning bleaches the room, illuminating the t…