light

When Taehyung woke, it was not to chains, nor darkness, nor the sting of a whip.

It was to the soft warmth of clean sheets, the crackle of a fire, and the distant sound of voices - calm voices.

He opened his eyes slowly, blinking against the gentle light of a lantern.

At first, panic clawed at him -

"Where am I? Did they take me back? Was it a dream?"

But then he saw him -

Jungkook - sitting beside his bed, head bowed in exhausted sleep, a fresh bandage wrapped around his injured shoulder.

Taehyung's heart twisted painfully.

He remembered.

The forest.

The escape.

The boy who carried him through hell without a second thought.

Tears blurred his vision before he could stop them.

A soft sob broke from his lips.

Immediately, Jungkook woke, his eyes snapping open, sharp with instinct.

"Taehyung?" he said, voice low and careful.

Taehyung tried to speak - but the words collapsed into another broken sob. His body shook as years of fear, pain, and loneliness flooded to the surface.

Jungkook moved without hesitation.

He knelt beside the bed and gently took Taehyung's hand in both of his.

"It's okay," he whispered. "You're safe now. No one's going to hurt you.im here with you and always will"

Taehyung clung to him desperately, silent tears streaming down his face.

"I thought..." Taehyung choked out.

"I thought I would die there... I prayed someone would find me... but as the years passed..."

He shook his head violently.

"I stopped believing."

Jungkook squeezed his hand tighter.

"I'm here now," he said fiercely. "You're not alone anymore. I swear it."

Taehyung looked at him - really looked - and for the first time in what felt like forever, he saw something he thought he'd never see again.

Kindness.

A future.

He sobbed harder, unable to hold back anymore, and Jungkook simply held onto him - strong and steady - letting him cry, letting him break.

Minutes, maybe hours, passed like that, in the quiet healing darkness.

At last, when Taehyung's sobs softened into tired whimpers, Jungkook brushed the hair gently from his forehead.

"You don't have to talk about it yet," he said softly. "Not until you're ready."

Taehyung nodded weakly, exhaustion pulling at him again.

As he drifted back into sleep, one final thought echoed in his heart -

"I'm not broken beyond saving. Someone still sees me. And I'm glad it was him."

And as Jungkook sat there, keeping watch, he made another silent vow:

"Whoever hurt you - whoever stole your light - they will pay.I will not spare them.They will regret even looking at you."

He would not let this story end in pain.

Not for Taehyung.

Never again.

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