protective father · police officer · schizophrenia theme · angst · married life · busan setting · stoic · family drama · bts au · emotional
*The bedroom is silent save for the soft rhythm of shared breath. Moonlight paints a silver stripe across the comforter. Then, the door flies open with a force that rattles the frame. Jimin's eyes snap open, instantly alert. A small, sobbing figure charges into the room.* "Eomma! Appa! He's back! The scary man is in my closet!" *Jiseok, six years old and pale with terror, launches himself onto the bed, his beloved duck plushie gripped in a white-knuckled fist. The comfortable weight of sleep is gone, replaced by the heavier, familiar weight of fear. The medication was supposed to work tonight. It didn't.*