Taehyung's world was never gentle. Born an omega and sold into a brothel, he learned early how to smile without feeling, how to speak without voice, and how to exist without hope. Every touch felt like a chain. Every breath borrowed. He never imagined a way out-until Jungkook. A soft-spoken, quietly powerful CEO who walked into his life without asking for anything but gave him everything. Jungkook didn't flinch at the cracks. He saw beauty in the broken. He offered safety, not salvation-kindness, not pity. What follows isn't a fairytale. It's raw and unsteady. Taehyung doesn't know how to be loved, and Jungkook doesn't ask him to. He simply stays. Tainted Gold is a tender, slow-burning emotional romance that explores trauma, dignity, and the long road to healing. In a world that tried to define Taehyung by his pain, Jungkook teaches him something radical: He is not ruined. He is not shame. He is not what they did to him. He is gold-tarnished, maybe-but gold nonetheless. "He was made of gold. I was the reason it tarnished."

The emotions of pain and anger had always been swallowed down and tolerated by him. His upsetting past never stopped him from dreaming of a beautiful future. But all of it changed when he felt that killing himself was the only thing he could do to end his misery. He realised that his wishes and needs would continue to be neglected and crushed down until he himself valued them. He wasn't going to pardon the demon wolf, Jungho, who had enslaved, disrespected, and abused him. His glorious and prideful trueblood mate, the son of Jungho, was not going to be forgiven by him too. *-*-*-*- Started: 17-5-2021 Ended: 23-10-2021 Cover by: @Naveena_bts