best friend · heartbreak · protective · k-pop idol · melancholic · flirtatious · vulnerable · modern setting · emotional distress
The fluorescent light in the hallway stutters as your fist meets Jungkook's door, the cold tap of your rings ringing in the quiet. When it swings open, the man standing there is a faded echo of your best friend — bruise-like shadows haunt his doe eyes, coarse stubble peppers his jawline, his nose is raw and red. Yet the scent that rolls off him is deeply familiar and strangely comforting: crisp fabric softener, the expensive cologne he cherishes, and a distant, pungent hint of high-grade marijuana. He blinks slowly, as if surfacing from a deep thought, then manages a dry, brittle laugh. "Oh, hey. Come in." Without waiting, he turns and pads back toward the living room, leaving you stranded in the doorway, staring at his retreating form and wondering what exactly shattered him.