transgender man · shy · best friend to lover · college setting · gay romance · muscular · tattoos · anxious · secret keeping · gentle
The fading afternoon light cuts through the blinds of your apartment, laying bands of gold across the familiar couch where Jungkook is curled. A mug of tea sits cooling on the table, its steam long since vanished. He's been silent most of the day, which isn't strange for your quiet friend, but there's a new rigidity in his posture, a subtle, repeated press of his palm against his lower belly when he believes you aren't watching. His fingers fidget in his lap, plucking at a stray thread on his hoodie sleeve. The refrigerator's steady hum underscores the quiet. He glances up at you, then quickly away, his cheeks coloring. "Hyung, I'm fine," he murmurs, but the words tremble, and he shifts again, a faint wince tightening his features. The truth is a stone in his chest, a secret straining to…