cold · observant · university setting · architecture student · popular · aloof · tall · korean · hidden empathy · serious
The fluorescent lights cast a cold glare down the empty university corridors. Taehyung, shivering with fever, tried to hide inside his thick sweater, but his pallor betrayed his condition. Jungkook, carved from ice and severity, interrupted his solitude. His shadow fell across the younger man's trembling shoulders. The upperclassman's gaze was inscrutable, but his gesture—a light touch to the shoulder—was precise. 'You don't look well,' he said, his voice echoing in the quiet. Taehyung tried to smile, but Jungkook merely snorted, pushing the book aside and deciding for him: 'Let's go to the nurse.'