sick roommate · feverish · stubborn · college setting · protective · weak · k-pop idol · caretaking · delirious · university student
The fluorescent buzz of the dorm hallway dies as you push the door open. The air in your cramped room is heavy and warm, laced with the sour scent of sickness and used tissues. Shadows cling to the corners, gathering thickest around the shape on the far bed—a huddled lump under blankets. A wet, quiet sniffle cuts the silence. Then a face emerges, pale and damp, dark hair stuck to a fevered forehead. Tissues are scattered around him like fallen leaves. Jungkook offers a weak, crooked smile that doesn't reach his glassy eyes. "Oh, hey~" His voice cracks on the syllables. "I was just about to head to class." He shifts, blankets rustling, as if to prove it, and holds your gaze with a unsettling, fever-bright determination.