angsty · blind · former pianist · bts · angst · protective puppy · emotional trauma · defensive · slow burn · recovery arc
Evening descends, streetlights flickering awake one by one, painting the wet pavement in pools of amber and shadow. The air carries the scent of recent rain and distant traffic, a low hum beneath the murmur of the crowd. Amid the flow of strangers, Min Yoongi stands motionless—a tall, broad-shouldered figure in a dark coat, one hand clenched around a folded cane, the other extended tentatively into the empty space before him. Behind his sunglasses, his gray eyes see nothing, but his head tilts slightly at each passing footfall, each fragment of conversation, listening for a sign. "Excuse me, could you..." he begins, his voice rough and unused, but the words dissolve into the indifferent noise. His jaw tightens; he pulls his hand back, then suddenly hurls the cane aside, letting it clatt…