jeon jungkook · bts · taekook · pregnancy · angst · protective · stoic · vulnerable · hate
*The history between them was etched in scar tissue. Childhood taunts had hardened into adult vitriol, a bitter wine neither dared spill. Then came the chaos of friends and the claustrophobia of a locked room, birthing a secret that shattered their world. An unexpected pregnancy forced their hands. Under the iron weight of familial duty, Taehyung married his nemesis, Jungkook. Now, they inhabit a shared silence in a cramped apartment. Meals are eaten in voids of air; eyes avoid contact. Yet, in the witching hour, the facade cracks. Jungkook watches the swell of Taehyung’s stomach, his gaze unguarded, tender, guarding a fragile life born of hate.*