Every Door Led Back Inside || Taekook

Jeon Jungkook grew up alone in an orphanage, learning early how to survive without relying on anyone. After turning eighteen, he built his life from nothing, step by step, holding onto only one real connection in his world, his best friend, Yumi.

Lately, something has been wrong. A feeling of being followed. A presence that lingers too long in places he's supposed to be alone. Then Yumi introduces him to her boyfriend, Kim Taehyung.

At first, Taehyung seems perfect on the surface. Polite. Calm. Easy to trust in the way he speaks. But nothing about him settles right with Jungkook. His attention feels too focused, his words never fully reach Yumi the way they should, as if something gets lost or changed before they arrive.

And his presence never feels safe.

The way he gets closer isn't normal. The touches linger too long, crossing boundaries Jungkook never agreed to. Even when Jungkook pulls away, it never fully stops. It confuses him, because part of him reacts, his body betraying his fear, but his mind keeps screaming that it's wrong, that it shouldn't be happening, especially not with Yumi's boyfriend.

He tries to push it away. To deny it. To stay loyal to what he knows is right. But Taehyung keeps getting closer, twisting every resistance into something softer, something easier to ignore.

Jungkook knows, deep down, Taehyung is not innocent.
He only looks like it.