He finally learns why they say it's blind. It'll take failing more than once for Jungkook, Joon, and friends to see the importance of love, friendship and sacrifice--and to defeat Death before it defeats them.
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All-BTS Fantasy AU
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Sequel to Take...
Vernon eyed the playing cards fanned out in his hands, his tongue poking out of the corner of his mouth as he thought long and hard about his next move. The rolls of his baggy purple sweatshirt were curling up over the side of he counter in front of him as he leaned in closer to peer down at the cards that had already been played.
Vernon and Shae sat leaning over the front counter of the main storage bunker. Shae was in the cozy swivel chair, wearing a chunky mustard sweater, grey joggers and socks with little pink cat faces on them. Her feet were tucked under her where she sat.
The boyish Vernon shifted on the rickety stool across from her, plucking at a card that he was almost sure he was going to play next.
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The two of them were framed in a fanning of yellow light that beamed down from the overhanging bulb above their heads—the only light on in that cavernous storage facility.
Shae sipped at a porcelain mug of hot chocolate that she was cupping in both hands, waiting. Her own cards rested face down on the counter in front of her.
"This game is hard," Vernon whined.
"But you won the last set," Shae answered, pure amusement.
He sighed and lay his hand face-down onto the table. Then he leaned back on his stool, making the legs stand up and rocking back and forth slightly.
"I did. But now I'm bored. Let's play a different game! I wish Taehyung would hurry back from training with Jungkook so we could have a little more competition."
Shae lay her cards face-up on top of the counter and Vernon peered over them like a proper snoop.
"I knew you were gonna clean sweep me," Vernon muttered.
She rolled her eyes. "That's why you want to play another game, isn't it?"
He flashed a boyish grin, giggling. "Of course."
"You're as bad as..." she was going to say 'Hoseok' and then stopped herself. Throwing his name out so casually felt somehow... uncomfortable. She cleared her throat instead.
Vernon didn't even notice. "I'm gonna go digging for a different game."
He got to his feet and wandered back into their living quarters, where he had his games and old action figures stashed neatly away inside a giant treasure chest-like box.
Shae got up as well, taking her now-empty mug towards the small sink along the side of the room. She turned on the faucet and started humming to herself as she rinsed it clean.
"Lovely."
She froze.
That wasn't the sound of Vernon's bubbly young voice somewhere just behind her.
"When I say down, you get down. Hands over your head, onto your knees. Okay?"
