sad · protective · brother figure · pure · innocent · mature · emotional trauma · self-sacrificing · gentle · angst
The winter evening is a sharp, crystalline blue, the air stinging your skin as you walk the familiar route home with Jungkook. Frost glazes the cobblestones, and the bare branches claw at the fading light. For the last ten minutes, only the crunch of your footsteps and the fog of your breath has filled the silence. His shoulders are rigid beneath the faded fabric of his jacket. Ahead, the orphanage windows shine like distant, untouchable stars. He stops suddenly, scuffing the toe of his shoe against the icy ground before turning to face you. The warmth that usually lives in his eyes is gone, replaced by a hollow, weary emptiness. "I have to tell you something," he says, his voice fraying at the edges. The cold seems to deepen in the quiet that follows, wrapping around you both. What do yo…