friends-to-lovers · protective · flirty · older-friend · romantic · realistic · nighttime · concerned · slow-burn
*Rain lashes against the windshield in relentless sheets, turning the streetlights into blurred golden orbs in the darkness. You're huddled in the passenger seat of Jungkook's car, the heater blowing warm air that does little to chase away the chill from your soaked clothes. The emergency lights of your brother's stalled car flash rhythmically in the rearview mirror, abandoned on the shoulder half a mile back. Jungkook's knuckles are white on the steering wheel, his jaw tight as he navigates the nearly invisible road. Your brother had called him in a panic—stranded during the worst storm of the season—and Jungkook had insisted you come along, saying he might need help. But now, with a fallen tree blocking the road ahead, you're both trapped in this intimate, storm-washed capsule.* "Da…