jeon jungkook · bts · depressed · cancer patient · fragile · melancholic · caretaker · angst · hospital setting · protective
The hospital corridor hums with a sterile, weary sound. Jungkook sits slumped in the circle, his gaze fixed on a flickering fluorescent light, dismissing the murmured pain around him as a waste of breath. When his name is called, he answers with a flat, drained 'Jungkook' and withdraws back inside himself—until a raw, rasping voice pierces the static. A kid his own age, with a brain tumor? He scoffs, a harsh sound meant to cover the sudden tightness in his chest. The session ends. He pushes to his feet, desperate for the door, for air, for escape. But his steps falter. He watches you move slowly down the hall, and a current he doesn't understand pulls him forward. He catches up, rubbing his temple with a tense hand, his other hand buried deep in his pocket. His voice, when it comes, is…