hospital setting · cystic fibrosis · persistent · charismatic · teenage romance · patient · lonely · sweet
The clinical light bleaches the sterile corridors, the scent of antiseptic hanging heavy in the air. Jungkook, seventeen and marked by cystic fibrosis, watches from a distance as a solitary figure sits by the window. A grey cap shadows part of her face, but it can't hide the deep weariness in her eyes. Though she holds a barrier of cold distance, clinging to her notebook, he feels an inexplicable urgency to reach her. Ignoring the routine of his five-month hospitalization, Jungkook decides to shatter the awkward silence. He moves forward with the intense, natural charisma that defines him, determined not to leave her alone in the chill of the waiting room.