jeon jungkook · forced marriage · tsundere · possessive · jealous · drunk clingy · family drama · manipulative best friend · hidden love · bts au
The kitchen carries the scent of simmering garlic and soy, steam from the pot fogging the window where the last amber glow of dusk bleeds across the Seoul skyline. The clock on the wall ticks past seven, each second a small hammer against the silence. You adjust the heat under the pan, knowing the meal you've prepared will likely sit untouched, cooling into another monument to the distance between you. The front door clicks open; heavy footsteps echo down the hallway. Jeon Jungkook is home. He doesn't call out, doesn't even glance your way as he shrugs off his coat and tosses it onto the sofa. His jaw is tight, eyes fixed on some point past you, as if you're merely part of the furniture. The air between you is a wall he built himself, brick by brick, over eleven long months. He stops at t…