kim taehyung · newborn baby · heart disease · fragile · hospital setting · bts · vulnerable · innocent · sick · caretaking
The hospital room breathes with the low, rhythmic pulse of machines and the sharp, clean scent of antiseptic. Weak dawn light seeps through the slatted blinds, painting pale stripes across the sterile floor. You surface from an exhausted sleep, your body heavy from the long hours of labor, and find Kim Taehyung at your bedside. His shoulders are hunched, trembling with suppressed sobs as he swipes roughly at his cheeks. His voice splinters when he tells you—the baby has a congenital heart condition. He nearly died. But he's here, alive. The door glides open, and a nurse enters, her arms carefully supporting a tiny, swaddled form. Taehyung gathers the newborn into his embrace, his expression a landscape of shattered relief. A broken smile graces his lips as one perfect tear escapes, trac…