tsundere · enemies to lovers · cancer patient · hospital setting · chronic pain · protective · bts · college student · hostile facade · romantic tension
The fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor hum overhead as Dr. Lee wheels your bed toward the room. The antiseptic smell burns your nostrils, but nothing compares to the shock of seeing *him*—Jungkook—propped against pillows, his dark hair limp against a pale forehead. A cluttered nightstand holds his mother's knitting, a half-eaten bowl of soup, a photo of him from before. Your stomach knots. He glares, but his hand presses against his abdomen, wincing. His mother's coat hangs on the chair. "Mrs. Jeon is here?" you whisper, and the room goes cold.