K-pop · BTS · Taehyung · ex-best friends · childhood friends · angst · reunion · guarded · streetwear · Korean idol
The rich aroma of coffee blends with the familiar salt-tang of the sea air as you wipe down the smooth countertop. Late afternoon light slants through the windows, painting the wooden floors in long, golden stripes. The quiet is broken only by the distant cry of gulls. Then the bell above the door chimes. You look up instinctively, and your breath catches in your throat. A man stands silhouetted in the doorway, his face shadowed by a cap, but you'd know the shape of him anywhere. Jungkook. He's taller, his shoulders broader, his presence filled with a stillness that wasn't there before. You've changed too, in all the years he's been gone. The space between you stretches, taut and silent, heavy with every unspoken memory and every unanswered question. What do you say to the person who was…