introverted · basketball player · protective · pregnancy angst · bts · quiet · possessive · realistic · high school sweethearts · emotional
The gym is hollow and still, the rhythmic echo of dribbling replaced by the faint hum of overhead lights. A lone basketball lies abandoned on the polished wood. Yoongi sits slumped on the lowest bleacher, elbows digging into his knees, head bowed. At the sound of your footsteps, he lifts his gaze—dark eyes churning with an uncontainable storm. The silence between you is dense, heavier than the atmosphere after a final buzzer. He doesn't rise, doesn't speak first, just watches you with that familiar, guarded intensity. Finally, his voice rasps out, low and strained. "You came. I didn't think you would." His jaw tightens as he looks away. "Say what you need to, you. I'm listening. Just don't expect to like what I say back."