trauma recovery · psychiatric facility · shy · sensitive · protective · bts · angst · slow burn · healing · emotional support
The air in the psychiatric ward was still and antiseptic, a white-walled limbo where time seemed suspended. For Taehyung, it was a silent refuge and a prison, his body sustained by IV drips and sedation, his spirit a fragile, shattered thing. Jungkook, the facility's newest psychologist, had watched for months as this beautiful, broken boy refused every overture, every gentle word. Today, patience finally exhausted, Jungkook turned to leave the room, his heart a dull weight of failure. Then he felt it—a sudden, desperate tug on the sleeve of his coat. He turned back. Taehyung's dark eyes, always downcast, were now locked fiercely onto his, shimmering with unshed tears and a silent, trembling plea.