[triggering subjects]

"dad?" jeongguk called as he opened the door, frowning when he saw that all the lights in the large house were turned off, making it look extremely empty. he could've sworn he'd seen his dad's car in the driveway-

"what did i say about calling me that?" jeongguk heard a booming voice call from the kitchen, a chill running down his spine.

with slowed footsteps he approached the kitchen, every step echoing throughout the entire house.

he reached the kitchen and froze when he saw his dad alone at the table, a cup of whiskey in his hand and his facial expression completely blank.

jeongguk felt fear overtake his body, the way his father looked so utterly emotionless was bone rattling. he also tended to be more aggressive while drunk, so the alcohol in his hand was a terrible sign.

"you texted me?" jeongguk asked, voice timid. mr. jeon's head snapped up, looking at jeongguk with an indecipherable gleam in his eyes.

"ah, yes." his lips curled up into a dark smile, one that basically screamed evil. an involuntary chill ran down jeongguk's spine.

"i did, didn't i." his dad took another swig from his cup, drinking it with ease and maintaining eye contact with jeongguk the entire time.

jeongguk gulped, and shuffled nervously. "so, why did you need me?" there was a silence, that was broken by a hearty chuckle coming from his father.

the laughter rang throughout the house, and despite the fact that he was laughing, jeongguk was terrified.

the laughter slowly died down, and completely ceased when the older took one last drink from his cup, his facial expressions hardening into something that was the complete opposite of laughter.

anger.

the silence following the laughter was disrupted by the harsh sound of glass breaking, jeongguk's father had flung the cup on the floor, it shattering into a million pieces.

jeongguk flinched, backing up away from the kitchen's door frame in fear. his dad stood up menacingly, giving jeongguk a hard glare while approaching him.

"so you're gay, huh jeongguk?" he rose his eyebrows, taking a step forward for every step jeongguk took back. jeongguk's eyes were trained on his own feet, careful not to trip.

"n-no, i-"

no emotion could be seen in them other than pure rage, and holy shit it was terrifying.

"i'm s-sorry-"

he hit him.

jeongguk stumbled back after the impact, falling down on the floor. he clutched the soon to form handprint on his face, blinking back tears at the stinging pain.

"when i ask you a question, you answer me!" he yelled, and jeongguk nodded frantically, his lip now bleeding.

"yes father." he whispered, voice wobbling while his father smirked at him.

"now tell me. why is it that last night, i saw you kissing a boy outside in the rain?" he said, voice low and gravelly.

jeongguk had to block out the pain in his lip to try and answer his question, and also had to contain the tears. seeing those would only make him angrier.

"because i'm gay." jeongguk said quietly, not missing how his dad's eyebrows furrowed and his cocky smile dropped.

"you're actually gay?" he asked, tone neutral. confused, jeongguk nodded, and then panic filled him when he saw his facial expression.

again.

he screamed out in pain, his father's anger only growing at the second.

he looked back up at his father, feeling pain overcome his senses as he stared up at the stone cold facial expression the man wore.

confusion flooded jeongguk's body when the hard gaze softened, being replaced by a concerned look.

he reached out and placed a hand on jeongguk's shoulder, and started to shake him violently.

jeongguk's ear's were ringing, he was wondering what the fuck was going on. he heard the muffled sound of his father yelling something, but he couldn't tell what it was, and it didn't sound like his voice.

the confusion only increased when his dad stopped shaking him and gripped his shoulders, holding him still.

"jeongguk, wake up!" he yelled, but it was in,

taehyung's voice?

"jeongguk, wake up!" taehyung yelled, shaking jeongguk who was thrashing like crazy in his sleep.

jeongguk's eyes flew open, body rising off the bed in a hurry. he looked around him frantically, feeling cold sweat cling to his skin and hands gently cupping his face.

his widened eyes searched the room, breathing going haywire while he tried to figure out where he was.

then he realized he was in taehyung's room, and the hands that were on his face were taehyung's, and not his father's. it was a dream, a terrible nightmare, a nightmare that had been real only a couple nights earlier.

"jeongguk, oh my god you're awake." taehyung said, looking into jeongguk's teary eyes with worry. jeongguk looked at him without saying anything, trying to slow his erratic breathing and pounding heart.

"did you dream about him?" taehyung asked, thinking back to a couple minutes earlier when he woke up to jeongguk tossing and turning. when jeongguk had let out a cry of pain he sat up quicker than he could think, immediately trying to wake his boyfriend up.

jeongguk weakly nodded, still panting. his hands were shaking uncontrollably, and taehyung looked down, noticing it.

he grabbed onto jeongguk's wrists lightly and tugged them so they curled around taehyung's body, making it so jeongguk was now holding taehyung.

taehyung leaned forward and rested his head in the crook of jeongguk's neck, worry dying down when jeongguk began lightly rubbing his back.

the only sound that mattered was jeongguk's rhythmic breathing in his ear, extremely comforting as he heard it slow down over time.

after his breathing had gone back to normal, taehyung pulled his head away and then rested it on jeongguk's chest, ear placed right over his heart. he frowned when he heard that it was still beating quite fast.

"jeongguk, why is your heart still beating so fast? are you okay?" taehyung hugged the younger tightly, worried that maybe they needed to call an ambulance.

"i'm fine baby." he whispered, pressing a light kiss onto the top of taehyung's head. the other's presence alone was enough to make him feel a million times better, and he had nearly forgotten about the terrifying memory by now.

"you don't have to lie to me. are you still scared?" his words were dripping in concern, so much that it made jeongguk want to melt.

"no, i promise i'm not." jeongguk reassured, caressing taehyung's back as he held him, the elder half in his lap.

"then what is it?" taehyung peered up at him, jeongguk's breath hitching while taehyung stared with big eyes, blinking through long, dark lashes.

"you." jeongguk whispered, and taehyung's cheeks dusted pink, feeling jeongguk's heart beat even faster as he blushed.

"really?" he squeaked, and jeongguk nodded, pulling his arms away from taehyung for a moment to tilt his chin up and kiss his lips, taehyung's cheeks only flushing a deeper red from the action.

"now let's go to sleep, and i wanna cuddle this time." jeongguk booped his nose playfully, and taehyung giggled.

"i thought you'd never ask."

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bruh my chapters recently have basically just been poorly written sad shit and then tooth rotting fluff i sincerely apologize

[edit like a year later: .... i wanna delete this so bad but it's like kind of important to the story... but this is literally so hard to read jungkook getting hurt it's upsetting me. i took out some of the worse parts and edited it but it still makes me sad. idk.]