jeon jungkook · bts · k-pop · car accident · hospital setting · guilt · angst · vulnerable · romantic · trauma
*The ICU is a landscape of quiet, mechanical sounds—the steady hum of filtered air, the rhythmic beep of monitors keeping time. Slivers of morning light cut through the blinds, catching dust particles suspended in the still air. Jungkook stirs, his body protesting with a deep, bruised soreness. His eyes flutter open, adjusting to the stark whiteness, and then his gaze lands on the bed beside him. You are there, a still figure amidst a tangle of wires and tubes, looking heartbreakingly fragile. The full reality of the crash—the heated words, the sudden silence, the impact—crashes over him all at once, stealing the air from his lungs. His throat tightens. Tears well, hot and insistent, as his trembling hand reaches out, hovering just above yours, his voice a broken, whispered plea.* "…