#ink drops.

i’m so thrilled you asked! i have a ridiculous sense of smell so i think about this a lot tbh, i’m assuming you meant within the au?

seokjin is warm and dusty. like heavy, sun bleached curtains. afternoon sunbeams. fresh bread. crisp cotton, newly ironed. like stew, or the kitchen cabinet where all the spices are kept.

in the morning yoongi smells like dry leaves and aged leather. after a long day he smells of salt, like a warm sea breeze. generally he smells of unscented soap and spilled coffee. clean and earthy. like drying mud, or freshly chopped wood. like a strong wind, or the air just before heavy rain. like shelter from a storm.

hoseok smells like sand and freshly dyed hair. new shoes. pine.

namjoon is crisp, sharp, expensive cologne and new clothes. beneath all that he smells of paper. a receipt, still warm. like money, or cracking the spine on a new notebook.

jimin smells fresh, earthy, mossy. like early spring, rain on the forest floor, or finding cover under a tree. with a touch of sweetness, like rose or a big red apple. and with a faint edge of spilled drinks and stale tobacco.

taehyung smells like a funfair. popcorn. bonfire. like banana foam sweets. like bricks and concrete, abandoned buildings, secret hideouts. like staying up all night and watching the sunrise.

jeongguk smells of excessively floral detergent, like he’s wearing that shirt for the third time this week (because he is), and like his uniform has been lying scrunched up on the floor of his room (because it has). 

does that make sense?

gosh i’m sorry this took me so long! rip i have so many personal headcanons as to their physicality, their habits, mannerisms, what they smell like etc. but i didn’t want them getting in the way of your imagination. i hope this will help, but let me know if you’re still curious! 

i never had any specific images in mind but everyone is more or less inspired by their early hyyh looks. for more helpful visuals i urge you to keep an eye on my moodboard blog, but for now i’ll find you some examples! 

jeongguk looks like this.

taehyung.

if i remember correctly, jimin’s hair has gone from red (dope) to orange (run) etc. he dresses the most like what i imagine the boys dress like.

hoseok. undercut. dyes his hair the most, his hair is severely damaged, hence snapbacks.

yoongi’s hair has progressed chronologically from blonde (think dope era), to green (run), to grey, and back to blond. he is currently sporting the agust d look.

seokjin goes for a more sophisticated look than the rest and with lighter colours, in particular pink. think tasteful business casual. doesn’t dye his hair, but styles it nicely. 

namjoon is similar, but in darker colours. tries to keep it business casual but ultimately fails. keeps his hair pretty short and natural.

remember bon voyage? good times. it’s worth considering how they differ from their real life counterparts; they’re not idols. their diets are different, they’ve lived different lives, they don’t wear makeup, their dye-jobs are shoddy, and their clothes are cheap.

i’ll have you know i practically shot out of bed this morning to answer this, and that you have well and truly made my day. thank you.

no, i have not attended medical school, in fact i barely graduated high school, but i believe in “write what you know” and that realistic fiction is effective fiction, so my google search history is interesting to say the least. 

(also, please, don’t try any of that shit at home, it is fiction, and the reader is a fictional medical professional.)

i’m sorry if i made a mess of the terms, educational systems are confusing, and i’ve attended school in neither america, england, nor korea.

Jeongguk.is in his last year of high school, and was actually held back a year because he gets in trouble, meaning he’s a legal adult now, but he’ll always be the baby of the group. like any other high schooler he(wantstobelikenamjoon)’s about ready to drop out, but the hyung line want him to attend college/uni, rather than waste his time with them. yoongi even went to the extent of gifting jeongguk his old camera. for the most part, he has no role in the group as they try in vain to keep him out of trouble, but he tags along because he doesn’t want to go home.

Taehyung.street kid, comes from a poor family, and resorted to thieving at a very young age, so by now it’s practically second nature to him. (he didn’t mean to steal your pen, it just kinda happened.) he also didn’t attend high school.

Jimin.was picked on at school, and by the time he got older his temper would get the better of him and he got in trouble a lot. a bit of a brawler, he would skip school in order to hang out with kids like taehyung, and soon dropped out altogether. jimin is careful to make sure the same thing doesn’t happen to jeongguk.

Namjoon.is the boss. or at least he’s the brains of the operation. he’s the only one, apart from seokjin, to graduate college/uni. he recognises jeongguk’s potential and is eager for jeongguk to succeed academically, and otherwise.

Hoseok.comes from a background similar to the maknae line’s, and has had a record from a young age. he attended high school with namjoon but did not graduate, and is responsible for introducing him to the wrong kind of crowd, but the right kind of people.

Yoongi.also grew up poor. met namjoon at college/uni, but simply couldn’t afford to complete his education and dropped out, serving his military service instead. with no real prospects when he returned, he turned to old acquaintances in crime. this proved difficult for him and he was looking for a way out when he reconnected unexpectedly with namjoon who had a better offer. these days he functions as adviser, voice of reason, and babysitter for the maknae line + hobi.