Again, My Husband Obsession Cracks in the Sunlight

The apartment smelled like rain that morning, windows cracked open to let in the damp summer air.

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

(Taehyung sat cross-legged on the couch, a glossy envelope in his lap, like it contained a bomb and a dream all at once)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

(Jungkook came out of the bedroom, hair still wet from his shower, white T-shirt clinging to his chest)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

(He stopped when he saw Tae’s expression, eyes bright, mouth pressed into a thin line to hide the smile trying to break free)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

What’s that? (Jungkook asked, drying his hair with a towel)

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

(Tae looked up, and the grin finally won)

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

Offer letter. Paris. Six-month residency. Top fashion house wants me to shoot for them.

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

Jungkook, this is.. this is insane. This is like every photographer’s wish list coming true in one shot. 😆

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

(he froze)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

*Paris. Six months. Half a world away.*

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

That’s… big.. (he said slowly)

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

Big? It’s huge.. (Tae leaned forward, eyes wide, waiting for Jungkook to explode into celebration with him)

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

Say something! Jump? Shout? At least clap, doctor husband.

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

(Jungkook forced a smile. It trembled)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

I’m proud of you, Tae.

But proud and happy weren’t the same.

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

(Tae tilted his head, reading him instantly)

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

There’s a ‘but’ in your throat..

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

(Jungkook sat down across from him, towel draped over his shoulders)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

Six months is a long time. New country.

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

Different food, different schedule. You don’t know anyone there, Baby~

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

I’m not twelve. I know how to find a grocery store. 💢

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

I just— (Jungkook stopped himself, jaw tight)

He’d seen the shadow on Tae’s scan two weeks ago.

Small, probably nothing, but maybe something.

A blur in the lower lung field.

He hadn’t told Tae.

He told himself he’d wait for the follow-up CT before worrying him.

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

*I am scared to lose you, baby~ 💔*

Now Paris loomed between them, glowing like an open door and a threat all at once.

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

You just what? (Tae pushed, soft but firm)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

I don’t like the idea of you being that far away.

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

You mean WITHOUT me.

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

(he looked away)

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

(Tae’s laugh was sharp)

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

God, you don’t even try to hide it. You sound like.. like I belong to you..

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

You do.. (Jungkook said quietly, eyes still down)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

And I belong to you. That’s what marriage is.

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

That’s not what marriage is supposed to feel like.. (Tae shot back)

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

Come on, Jungkook, we have been married for two and a half years now..

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

It’s supposed to be two people breathing together, not one choking the other out of fear..

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

(Jungkook’s head snapped up, eyes wide with hurt)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

Is that what you think I’m doing? Choking you? 💔

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

I think~ (Tae said, voice breaking just a little)

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

That you’re so scared of losing me you won’t even let me live.. 💔

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

💔💔💔

The words landed like a fist in Jungkook’s chest.

He wanted to scream the truth.. that a black spot on a grey scan haunted him, that every breath Tae took felt like a countdown Jungkook couldn’t read.

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

(But he said nothing)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

(He just sat there, hands gripping his knees, knuckles white, jaw locked tight enough to ache)

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

(Tae watched him for a long moment, chest rising and falling, eyes searching for softness. It wasn’t there)

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

(He stood, picked up the envelope, and tucked it back into its sleeve)

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

I need air.. 💔 (he muttered)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

Tae—

Jeon Taehyung (Omega)

Not now, Jungkook.. ❄️

The door clicked behind him, quiet, final in a way that made Jungkook’s stomach drop.

Alone in the apartment, Jungkook stared at the empty couch, at the envelope-shaped dent in the cushions, at the wet towel still on his shoulders.

The city outside kept humming, indifferent.

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

(He pulled out his phone, opened the hospital portal)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

(and stared at Tae’s scan again, that faint cloudy patch mocking him)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

Please~ 😢 (he whispered to no one, to the rain, to the Moon Goddess he didn’t yet know)

Jeon Jungkook (Alpha)

Please don’t take him from me.. 😢💔

The shadow on the scan didn’t answer.

The apartment stayed quiet, cracked open to the sound of tires hissing through puddles, carrying one away from home and one deeper into a fear he couldn’t name aloud.

To be continued…