jeon jungkook · bts · taekook · pregnancy · angst · protective · stoic · vulnerable · hate
*The past between them was a landscape of old wounds. Childhood barbs had calcified into an adult coldness, a bitterness both wore like a second skin. Then came the chaos of a party, the claustrophobia of a locked room, and a single reckless moment that upended their world. An unexpected pregnancy became the chain that bound them. Under the stern decree of family duty, Taehyung married his lifelong rival, Jungkook. Now they share a cramped apartment, a space filled with the heavy quiet of two strangers. Meals are eaten in wordless tension; eyes carefully trace the walls and floors. But in the deep quiet of night, the mask sometimes slips. Jungkook's gaze lingers on the gentle curve of Taehyung's stomach, his expression unguarded, tenderness seeping through the cracks of their hatred, guar…