The Jeon Twins
Episode 1
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The Jeon Dynasty was built on blood written laws, older than any temple. The mandate was divine: the Crown Prince must wed firstly to his twin to keep the bloodline pure, the vessel was chosen before he spoke his first word.
Guard
It is decided, The Crown Prince will wed.
Guard
The bride had already been named
Guard
The younger twin. Jungkook
The shared a womb but not a life.
Jeongukk raised beneath gold, taught sword, stars and star craft.
Jungkook dressed in silks too soft for play, hands folded, lashes lowered.
Royal guard
(To Jungkook) Lower your eyes. Smile when spoken to. Obedience is your crown.
Must walk with grace, Hair must remain long, skin pale, Every step rehearsed, Every robe tailored.
A prince who is reshaped as a concubine.
[Banquet Hall- Jeongukk’s 17th birthday]
Musicians plucking strings until fingers bleed.
Guard
To The Hawk Prince! To his Glory! He cheers
Gukk personal guard
Long live Crown Prince!
[Jungkook sits among women wrist jingling with bangles, Crimson Silk clinging like a warning. Inside his veins burn.]
Jungkook
Whispered to himself.
I can't bear it. Every cheer here is a knife.
Jeongukk rises. His voice is thunder.
Jeongukk
I will rule wisely. I will honor our ancestors. I will protect our people.
Gukk personal guard
Roar approval. Palms red from clapping
[Jungkook lift his eyes. Across the hall, jeongukk's gaze finds him. It is not a brother's look. Not a. Something darker. Something inevitable.]
Jungkook
Escapes the hall, fingers biting the marble nail. His reflection in the pond trembles. The words Eco in his skull. Bride. Concubine. Vessel.
Jungkook turns. Jeongukk steps out of Shadows. His ceremonial robes shed. His hair loss, not a prince but a man
Jeongukk
You shouldn't wander alone. (Jeongukk said quietly, stepping closer to.) The court would speak ill of it.
Jungkook
They already speak ill. (Jungkook whispered, lowering his gaze.) Of me, Of us.
Jeongukk step stopped before him. for a moment, silence stretched, filled only by the Chief of the cicadas. then, the Crown Prince hand rose, almost hesitantly, and brushed a strand of hair from jungkook's face
(Jungkook's breath stuttered) No one touched him like this. Not even attendants. He was a jewel, displayed but never handled. Except Jeongukk
Jeongukk
You were never meant to hear their words, Jeongukk murmured. Do not carry them
Jungkook
How can I ignore their words, (Jungkook's voice cracked, raw beneath layers of obedience. His eyes finally lifted, meeting his brother’s)
When my entire life is built on them? When I am not even allowed to think of my self as...
Jeongukk
As what? Jeongukk pressed, his gaze unreadable.
Jungkook's lips trembled. The words choke in his throat: as your brother, As a human, AS mine, But he can not speak of them.
Jeongukk
(Jeongukk's hand lingered at his cheek, then dropped. He straightened, his voice regaining the steel of command.)
You must endure it. For me. For the kingdom. It is the only way.
Jungkook
(Jungkook bowed his head once more, the perfect concubine in training, tjough his heart thrashed wildly in his chest.)
Yes, Crown Prince
The blossoms 🌸 shiver. The gods bear witness. The tragedy has already taken root.
Episode 2
Guard
The entire kingdom is draped in gold and Crimson banners. The street are overflowing with flowers. His Highness's wedding will be remembered for centuries.
Me
The palace Gardens Shine Brighter Than the stars tonight. Every lantern lit for Crown Prince Jeongukk Union
Royal guard
Security Tightened at every gate full stop no strangers shall cross the palace walls on this holy day
Gukk personal guard
Your highness The council awaits full stop before you wet you must complete the ceremonial oaths.
Jeongukk
(writing something) as if vows alone make me king
Gukk personal guard
it is tradition my Prince the Crown rest only upon a man who weds before being the king.
Jeongukk
Tch. I know my duty prepare the Scrolls I will sign them all before the drums announce sunset
Gukk personal guard
yes sire and ... the people already chant your name outside the Gates
Jeongukk
let them Chant my kingdom will know strength not weakness
Me
your highness whole still the whale must fall exactly across your chest
Jungkook
I... I am trying. It feels really heavy.
Me
It is the veil of Queens my lord. You must learn to carry its weight
Jungkook
Queens... I am not
Me
You are chosen my prince. You are the sacred consort the gods themselves delivered.
Jungkook
But... will I be enough for him?
Me
You need only to obey. Obedience is the jewel of a wife.
Jungkook
(thought) Yes I will obey him.
Guard
Sire, charities must be declared before the union. It is the duty of a ruling couple.
Guard
Yes Crown Prince, On your wedding day, you and your consort must pledge gifts to the poor. It proves your worthiness and God will bless you with a heir soon after the wedding.
Jeongukk
Hn. And does the starving man care for my wedding.
Guard
He cares for bread, your Highness. And bread given in your name.makes you beloved to people and to God.
Jeongukk
Fine. Have it written... and 500 sack of rice to villages.
Guard
The people will sing of your generosity.
Queen Jeon teaching Jungkook
Queen Jeon
Prince Jungkook, ad consort you will oversee the charities announced by Crown Prince. And you will give orders to complete it as his first wife until he close his queen.
Jungkook
Nodded his head like he was taught to be obedient.
Queen Jeon
You should learn duties too. The people will bow to you tomorrow. They will see not only beauty, but mercy.
Jungkook
I will try my queen
On the third evening before the wedding, Jeongukk finally allowed himself to visit his soon-to-be wife.
He stood in the doorway tall, broad shouldered, a shadow cast in gold light.
Jungkook
Rose to his feet immediately and bowed, hands folded delicately in front of him. His eyes did not dare to meet Jeongukk's.
Jungkook
Crown Prince, he whispered
Jeongukk
gaze swept over kook the robes, the pale skin, the small soft hands. He looked like a porcelain, breakable and yet his very existence carried the weight of divine beauty.
Jeongukk
(Stepped closer to kook) You've been taught your duties?
Jungkook
Yes, he said softly while looking down.
Jeongukk
His eyes narrowed and said
"Do you fear me?"
Jungkook
He looked at him meeting his gaze. There was no hated there. Only obedience. And strange kind of devotion in kook eyes, and he said
"I do not fear you my prince"
Jungkook
You are my brother, My Prince, My king and going to be Husband.
Jeongukk jaw tightened. Something unspoken passed between them. A current older than either of them, born the moment they entered the world together.
Jungkook
Softly added and I am yours my prince.
The words landed like a brand, possession, vow, truth.
Jeongukk left without another word but Jungkook stood there for a long while heart beating like a trap the bird in his chest
Outside the bells rank.
The Kingdom wore her veil.
The bride was being prepared.
The king was nearly crowned.
And in the heart of the palace to souls born of the same womb bound by tradition and caught in a fate older than their own names prepare to meet at the altar
Not as brothers.
But as king and consort.
Husband and wife.
Two halves of a Prophecy to heavy for either to carry alone.
The moon rose that night like a pale witness and the palace wrapped in a silk and silence waited.
Episode 3
The dawn broke with gold fire across the palace roofs, and the Kingdom Street awake to witness history.
Today the Crown Prince would take his concert.
Today, the twins of prophecy would be bound.
And the palace itself seemed to breath in reverence waiting.
In the Crown Prince chamber Sun rose and prince awake by the attendants. He was not allowed to bathe himself not on this day.
The attendance came boring steaming milk into a marble basin, strewn, with rose petals and Jasmine buds.
Jeongukk
He stepped inside without hesitation, the liquid warm against his skin, the Saint heavy with sweetness. Hands scrubbed his shoulders with cloth dipped in rose water, massage fragrant oil into his arm and back, and hair.
The Crown Prince to stood tall, motionless, his gaze fixed forward as though he was marble himself. The ritual was not intulgence.it was purification. The body of a prince must be cleaned before he bound another soul to his own.
When at last he stepped out, servant wrapped him in white linen and drying every inch of him as if he were a sacred relic. His long hair usually tied for battle, was formed until it believed like black silk.
They dressed him in layers of ceremonial Robes obsidian trimmed with gold Crimson Threads stitcHed in the shape of Twin Dragons the Crown Prince hair was bound high his jaw set like stone. he looked fierce, handsome, beyond reach, and embodiment of a king.
King Jeon
my son, today you marry. remember you are not only taking a bride. your claiming your place as ruler.
Jeongukk
I know, father, and I will not falter.
at Jungkook chamber wing glowed with Lantern light, though the sun had barely risen. Jungkook stirred awake to the sound of low chants. His handmaidens already waiting bowls prepared herbs steeped.
Jungkook allowed them to lead him to the bathing Chamber. First came The turmeric paste, cool and Golden against his pale skin, smeared carefully across face neck and arms until he glowed with a sun-kissed radiance. the attendants murmur blessings with every stroke for beauty, for fertility, for harmony.
Then came the milk bath. Queen Jeon herself enter the chamber in her embroidered gown and gave the command for the ritual to begin.
Queen Jeon
let my son be bathed as a bride of Crown Prince.
Jungkook lowered himself into the basin, the milk lapping at his chest, and rose petals shifted across his skin. He sat silently and let maids do their work.
When he emerged, glowing and fragrant, Queen Jeon studied him with an expression that was both stern and awed.
Queen Jeon
Prepare the shear Robe.
The handmaidens obeyed, draping Jungkook first in a gossamer layer of translucent silk that clung delicately to his frame, whispering Over the curve of his chest and waist. Over it, they placed the ceremonial robe: Ivory embroidered with silver cranes pulse fuel along these of fail Sapphire around His middle.
Then came the jewels. a circle at of diamonds, and Jade rings for his fingers, Bracelet for his reached, anklets that chamber and he moved, is years were a don with dangling gems that got the morning light.
Jungkook
By the time the attendance finished, it scarcely recognized himself in the mirror. he looked other worldly, like a bride sculpted from moonlight.
yet, tradition demanded one final Atonement. the whale. along heavywell white cause embroidered with tiny stars was lower over his head concealing his features. it fell all the way to the flooring him. the world beyond blood into Shadows.
Queen Jeon
only your husband maylift this veil. until then, you belong to haven alone.
Jungkook
lower his head in obedience.
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