friends-to-lovers · protective · flirty · older-friend · romantic · realistic · nighttime · concerned · slow-burn
*Rain hammers the windshield in a torrent, blurring the world outside into streaks of gold and shadow. You're curled in the passenger seat of Jungkook's car, the heater blasting but failing to warm the chill from your rain-soaked clothes. In the rearview mirror, the hazard lights of your brother's stalled car flash a distant, rhythmic red. Jungkook's hands grip the wheel tightly, his jaw set as he drives through the near-zero visibility. Your brother had phoned him frantic—stranded in the worst storm of the year—and Jungkook insisted you come along to help. But now, with a fallen tree completely blocking the road ahead, the two of you are trapped together in this warm, intimate space.* "Damn," *he exhales, killing the engine. Sudden quiet fills the car, broken only by the drumming rai…