this love

Taehyung could never pinpoint the moment it began.

Perhaps it was a glance that lingered a second too long, or the way Jungkook began searching for him, as if his voice were the only sound that mattered in a room full of noise.

Or maybe it was born in the silence that followed.

Between tours, hotel rooms, and stages, time blurred all the lines that had once seemed so clear.

Taehyung learned to hold his life together through what he could hold onto, hiding everything that didn’t fit.Jungkook never stopped coming closer, even when there was no longer a clear place to return to.

For years, they lost and found each other over and over again, driven by bad decisions and feigned indifference, sharing something that was unique, silent, and confusing—something that hurt more than any distance ever could.

Taehyung knew it even before he could say it out loud: he would never be able to regret Jungkook.

So he stayed there, waiting for the end to come and wash them both away.