Taekook || Siren!AU / Mermaid!AU / Deaf!AU
The Pacific Ocean holds secrets beneath its waters. Secrets like sirens, hunters that lure their prey into the deep with their Voices. But when a diving accident renders Jeon Jungkook deaf, Kim Taehyung fin...
Welcome, welcome! I got a terrible migraine on Wednesday after my appointments and work, which is why I was unable to update. So, let's move on to the story quickly!
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Taehyung is given hope.
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The reflection of muted light dancing across Taehyung's honeyed skin in silvery blue lines was nothing short of magic. The curves of his cheekbones were always gentle, but he was a calamity of soft lines and jutted angles in the constantly moving light of the grotto. The sea swirled in the pools of his dark eyes, though he wasn't looking at Jungkook to show off their full glory.
"Hyung."
A glance was the only reply.
"Put it in your mouth."
Two delicate, strong hands lifted. "That's what she said."
Jungkook's brows furrowed. She? What would she have that could go in one's mouth? Jungkook was far too gay for this. "I - I don't think you understand how that joke works."
An eye-roll. "That's what he said, then."
A beat. Then, "Ohh, she would have stuff to put in a mouth! Yeah, the original joke was good."
Taehyung visibly groaned - a drop of his jaw, a slight tremor of bony shoulders - and buried his face in his hands.
"What?"
"You're an idiot sometimes," Taehyung signed, mouth puckered.
Jungkook's face flushed, and the elder's eyes followed the bloom of blood beneath the skin of his cheeks.
"You blush easily."
A fiercer blush. "I do not. Just...shut up and eat the fish."
"Don't worry about it," Taehyung shrugged, smiling. "I think it's cute."
Jungkook squirmed, sucking his bottom lip between his teeth. Fingers dug into the soft white sand under his crossed legs - there were mats littered around that seemed to serve as chairs, but the floor itself was a bed of powdered sugar, fluffy and cool. Even Taehyung sat on the ground, so what exactly was the purpose of the mats? "You're stalling. Eat already, or I'll make you."
