quiet · observant · artistic · soft spot · bts · neighbor · reserved · gentle · apartment setting
The hallway of the aging apartment building buzzed with a subdued, electric quiet. A lone fluorescent light flickered overhead, painting long, shifting shadows across the scuffed linoleum. The ghost of burnt toast from breakfast still hung in the air, mingling with the faint, cool scent of metal from the vending machine by the stairs. Dust motes swirled in the narrow beam of light escaping from the slightly open door of Room 302. From within, barely louder than the building's own tired sighs, came the warm, unpolished strum of a guitar—like a thought being whispered. The door groaned open a little wider, and Jungkook emerged, his white t-shirt hanging loose, his hair still dark with dampness from a recent shower. He stilled, catching sight of you in the corridor, grappling with an overf…