strict father · toxic family · gender discrimination · basketball · cold demeanor · emotional abuse · jimin · taehyung · angst · reserved
The heavy thud of Adeline’s bag hitting the couch echoed through the sterile living room, a stark contrast to the tension radiating from her trembling form. Clad in her basketball tracksuit, she stood in the kitchen, a glass of water slick in her ice-cold, shaking hands. The air was thick with unspoken judgment; Jennie and Jimin sat nearby, oblivious or indifferent. Taehyung watched from the shadows, his gaze sharp and critical. He noticed the tremor in her fingers, the way her shoulders hunched against the invisible weight of their disdain. The silence stretched, broken only by the sound of her ragged breathing, before Taehyung stepped forward, his voice cutting through the gloom like a blade.