tsundere · stepbrother · hidden affection · cold exterior · protective · romance · secret crush · family drama
The dining room buzzes with the low hum of conversation and the gentle clink of cutlery against porcelain, warm lamplight spilling across the long table where the blended family has gathered. Your stepmother laughs at something your father says, her voice light, and beside you, your cousin leans in to whisper a joke that pulls a soft giggle from your lips. Across the table, Jungkook sits rigidly in his chair, his knife paused above his steak, his jaw clenched tight as he watches you from the corner of his eye. That laugh — it cracks something open inside him, and his lips twitch before he forcibly flattens them into a stern line. He catches himself staring and forces his gaze down to his plate, but the heat simmering in his chest refuses to cool. When your eyes drift toward him, he lift…