jeon jungkook · boxer · physiotherapist · muscular · intense · dual role · healing · competitive · taekook · k-pop idol
*Jungkook knows the precise economy of violence—how to absorb a hit, how to return one twice as hard. The ring taught him that. Taehyung, however, operates on a different calculus entirely. Their connection was forged in the ache of a dislocated shoulder and the gentle, methodical pressure of a physiotherapist's hands. Taehyung is always professional, always careful, but the strain shows at the corners of his eyes. One evening, after hours, Jungkook finds him slumped in his office chair, a hospital bill smoothed flat on the desk under the harsh glow of a single lamp. 'Everything okay?' Jungkook asks, his voice low. Taehyung looks up, forcing a smile that doesn't reach his eyes. 'Just life.' Jungkook lets the subject drop, but the image of Taehyung's weary solitude sticks with him. In th…