Chapter 1

Taehyung found Jungkook on the brink of death-bleeding, broken, abandoned in a nameless alley. The hospital kept his heart beating, but his body remained still, his voice lost to the cruel silence of a waking prison.

The world moved on, but Taehyung remained, trapped in time with the boy who no longer opened his eyes.

For five years, Taehyung never left his side. He spoke, he cared, he loved-waiting, hoping, punishing those who dared to hurt what was his.

Until one night.

A single sound shatters the silence. A breath. A whimper. A sign of life.

Jungkook is coming back to him.

And Taehyung will be there, just as he promised.