Tangled In Thorns (Taekook)

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They grew up side by side, two boys holding hands under summer skies, believing the world was soft and simple. But time has teeth, and the world sharpened them into something else entirely.

Kim Taehyung, has always known how to make himself small. Soft. Quiet. A gentle boy carrying a truth stitched into his skin, a secret not even his family would protect if they knew. Born intersex, he has learned to move unseen, unheard, overshadowed by the perfect sister his parents adore. He is the kind of boy who feels too deeply and is loved too little.

Jeon Jungkook, was born to a kingdom of iron and cruelty. He is heir to the Bratva, where men do not bend and sons do not break. He learned early that tenderness is a weakness to be punished. But the soft-eyed boy next door was his exception, his one safe place. Until safety turned into something else. Something forbidden. Something like hunger.

🌹 Main Characters

Kim Taehyung (Tae)

Age: 19

Gender: Intersex (secret), only his parents and sister know about it.

Background: Middle-class family, second child, overshadowed by his sister.

Major: Fine Arts (painting).

Personality: Sweet, quiet, introspective, emotionally intelligent but fragile.

Jeon Jungkook (JK)

Age: 21

Gender: Male

Background: Son of the Jeon Bratva Head , heir to a violent empire.

Major: Business Administration.

Personality: Cold, intelligent, possessive, emotionally restrained, brutal when provoked.

🌹 Supporting Characters

Park Jimin

Age: 19

Major: Performing Arts (Dance)

Personality: Cheerful, sarcastic, protective; the "sunlight" in Taehyung's dark life.

Role: Taehyung's best friend and emotional anchor.

Relationship with Taehyung:

Knows about his intersex condition.

Treats Taehyung like a younger brother.

Always tries to make him laugh, teases him but defends him fiercely.

Relationship with Jungkook:

Uneasy truce; doesn't trust Jungkook fully but sees how much he loves Taehyung.

Kim Seokjin (Jin)

Age: 23

Major: Architecture (Graduate Level)

Personality: Witty, flamboyant, teasing but mature.

Role: Jungkook's senior and part of his friend group.

Relationship:

Dating Namjoon.

Acts as an older-brother figure to Jungkook, occasionally giving him blunt advice.

Kim Namjoon (RM)

Age: 23

Major: Psychology

Personality: Calm, intellectual, mediator of the group.

Role: Offers moral and emotional insight when Jungkook's choices spiral.

Relationship:

In a long-term relationship with Jin.

Tries to guide Jungkook toward emotional balance.

Jung Hoseok (Hobi / J-Hope)

Age: 22

Major: Sports Management

Personality: Energetic, funny, brutally honest.

Role: Football teammate, brings humor into Jungkook's otherwise cold world.

Relationship:

Sees Taehyung as fragile but admirable.

Loyal to Jungkook, even when he doesn't understand his obsession.

Min Yoongi (Suga)

Age: 22

Major: Music Production

Personality: Quiet, observant, loyal.

Role: Emotional compass , notices everything but rarely speaks.

Relationship:

Knows Jungkook's temper and warns him before he loses control.

Offers protection to Taehyung indirectly when Jungkook's anger turns dangerous.

🌹 Family & Antagonists

Jeon Hyun-Soo (Jungkook's Father)

Age: 52

Occupation: Head of the Jeon Bratva (Mafia boss)

Personality: Cunning, ruthless, emotionally abusive.

Role: Main antagonist.

Relationship with Jungkook:

Treats him as a pawn, not a son.

Mrs. Jeon (Jungkook's Mother)

Age: 48

Personality: Gentle but broken, submissive to her husband's cruelty.

Role: Represents quiet suffering and helpless love.

Relationship:

Loves Jungkook but powerless to protect him.

Kim Ha-Eun (Taehyung's Sister)

Age: 21

Personality: Beautiful, manipulative, jealous, the family's pride.

Role: Secondary antagonist ,emotionally abusive toward Taehyung.

Relationship:

Jealous of Taehyung's connection to Jungkook.

Spreads lies to their parents, causes him to be punished.

Sees Taehyung as competition for affection and attention.

Mr. & Mrs. Kim (Taehyung's Parents)

Ages: Late 40s

Occupation: Middle-class professionals.

Personality: Traditional, image-conscious, emotionally neglectful.

Role: Represent societal pressure and family disappointment.

Relationship:

Favor Ha-Eun (their daughter).

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Now Jungkook is twenty-one, cold, untouchable, admired, and feared. The college's golden captain. The top of every class. A perfect son sculpted by violence. And Taehyung, nineteen, quiet, sweet, still orbiting him like a moth around a flame that can only burn him.

When Jungkook realizes the love he feels is not the kind boys are allowed to feel, he chooses to destroy it. To push Taehyung away. To turn sharp where he was once soft. To pretend the boy who once held his hand means nothing.

But Taehyung has loved him for years, and love like his does not fade. It waits. It hurts. It hopes.

This is not a story of gentle love.

This is a story of forbidden longing, quiet obsession, and two souls chained to each other in a world where their love is a crime.

And some loves were never meant to be saved.

Some loves are meant to ruin.

Warnings ⚠️ :

* Homophobic

* Physical Abuse

*Detailed smut

*Heavy Angst

*Dark themes

* Self harm themes