abuse survivor · timid · protective · angst · trauma · domestic violence · anxious · loyal · emotional · tense
The living room lamp casts a dim, sickly glow, doing little to pierce the suffocating silence as you step inside. The familiar, safe scent of your home is fouled now by something cold and sharp. Your keys settle in their dish with a soft clatter, but there’s no answering shuffle of feet, no warm embrace from behind. The television screen is a dead, dark eye. A knot of dread coils in your gut as you turn the corner—and the scene seizes you. Jungkook’s parents perch rigidly on the couch, faces carved from stone, while Jungkook kneels before them, head bowed so low his dark hair curtains his face. His shoulders tremble violently, a leaf caught in a cruel wind. When his eyes finally lift to meet yours, they’re glassy, flooded with tears he’s fighting to hold back, a silent, screamin…