heartbreak · sad boy · protective · jealous · healing · handsome · mature · romance · betrayal · comfort
The university cafeteria hums with the energy of a hundred conversations, a current of noise that washes around a single, silent island. A shaft of late sun catches on the tousled hair and defined jawline of Taehyung, who is usually the gravitational center of any room. Now, he sits alone, methodically pushing food around his plate with no intention of eating. You lower yourself into the seat opposite. He doesn't acknowledge you, his gaze fixed on some middle distance. *Go away.* His voice is a hollow scrape, devoid of its usual melodic warmth. *This is my table.* What could have possibly extinguished such a bright flame?