how about soldier!Taehyung having to say goodbye to his still college BF Jungkook, they video call every day until Taes group is sent into another region and combat ensues, backup can't reach and Jungkook gets the message of his BF and group missing only bc Taes brother tells him

so Jk can do nothing but hope, the last video he got from Tae was him being happy and alive so he watches it religiously every day. The two of them were supposed to move in together, building a life together. Tae joined the military with 18 bc he wanted to help people and when

he met Jk he saw that he didn't need to go into battle to do that. Him studying online whenever he can but this was supposed to be his last tour. And now Jk sits in his apartment surrounded by Taes things and doesn't know what to do. The news don't cover the incident till weeks

later. The "mysterious" disappearance of a whole group of soldiers finally hitting the country and Jk can do nothing but watch the live footage wherever he goes. Ofc the military searches for their soldiers but somehow they can't find them. Jk is worried sick. Until one day he

gets a video message from Tae, it sounds like an accident because the words don't make sense.

"that's.....s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉....you can't....s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉...DON'T DO THAT..s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉....NO...s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉....DO YOU WANT TO.....s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉..KILL US ALL...s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉..s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉.."

Jk can't do anything but look at the grainy video, there's shadows fighting, gunfire and actual fire all over the place. It seems to be night or maybe they're inside he can't tell. but the last thing he sees is a shadow falling next to the phone, he sees Taes usually handsome

face oozing blood, his eyes are closed and his eyes are pinched together like he's in pain. The audio stops around that time, something exploding in the distance, Taes body curling together for cover and then his bf's eyes fall on the phone. His eyes get wide and he mouths a word

no. a name. Jk knows it just too well. it's his name.

then it stops.

At the same time Jk thinks he stopped breathing as well. The hands clutching his phone get lax and the device falls on the floor. in the distance he hears someone saying his name but the boy can't react, tears clouding his eyes.

He seems to be alive, but how long? when will they

finally find them?

Just an hour later there's black SUV's pulling up in front of his house, there's knocking on his door and Jk still completely frazzled opens it none the wiser. "Jeon Jungkook?", a deep voice asks harshly, Jk just nods. "You got to come with us, sir"

Jk finds himself in a car with blacked out windows and some time later (it's really hard to tell how long when you can't see anything out there) he's brought into a military looking facility.
He's sat down at a table and left there for what feels like eternity. They took his

phone and didn't tell him anything about whats going on but Jk can't think about the absolute abuse of his rights when there's still this video roaming around in his brain.

A door opens, then closes and Jk looks up for the first time. A guy in a suit sits down in front of him, he's carrying a glass and a bottle of water. "Jeon Jungkook, right?", the boy nods again. "my name is Kim Seokjin. I'm the head of the analystic department currently trying

to find out what happened to our troops.", he has a gentle voice and despite his brain telling him to be cautious he feels himself relaxing just a little bit. "Captain Kim contacted you via his personal phone around 4 hours ago, is that right?", might as well be, Jk thinks

that would mean he's already here for 3 hours, wow. But there's something else he's confused about. "Captain? That...can't be right", Taehyung told him he's a Sergeant. Being a captain...that's a whole lot more important, right?
His confusion didn't seem to pass by the Agent in

front of him. "Captain Kim lead a troop consisting of almost 200 soldiers into a non-violent flagged region in the middle of the desert. usually a situation like this does not need the help of a senior officer like Captain Kim but it was requested by him for his last tour. if i

am correct he handed in his resignation papers a few weeks back", Jk felt cold all over. HIs head was spinning. Captain Kim? Senior officer? what was going on? He knew Taes family was from a long line of military but...

"The video you got is getting analysed in this second, we

hope to find any clues as of their current position", the agent sighs softly and pours water into the glass in front of them.

Since Jungkook isn't allowed to go home, they assign him a room and bring in some personal things. The students mind is still racing at this point.

somehow his world got tipped upside down in a matter of a few hours. yesterday he was afraid his boyfriend might not return; today he's still afraid his boyfriend might not return but he's also confused why said boyfriend lied right into his face.

Over the course of a week Jungkook finds himself in the base roaming around and trying to make sense of things. Somehow they don't see him as a thread so he can venture in any community rooms. There's a mess hall that's admittedly nicer than his own mensa, a gym and a media room.

His phone made it back to him a day later, a smiling officer "call me Hoseok", brought it by when he was sitting in the mess hall staring at his breakfast. "You're friends with Cap, right?", the man asked and Jungkook looked up from clutching his phone to his chest. "No silly -

- he's the boyfriend Tae was talking about", another boy sits down at the table and pulls "Hoseok" down with him. "I'm Jimin, Tae and me were supposed to ship out together but orders changed last minute", Jungkook wanted to ask so many questions and once the two males gave their

OK there was no stopping him.

The two men "staff sergeant Park" and "lieutenant Jung" walked him around the complex and tried to answer his questions the best they could. Both seemed to be friends with Taehyung and a few hours after meeting them it finally clicks. He's heard

those names before. He knows Taehyung trusted them with his life. "I thought you always shipped out together? Tae said Hoseok and Jimin usually are part of the team, Yoongi is our analyst but other than that it doesn't change much", the two soldiers trade looks then pull him into

a deserted bathroom. "we do. that's what's fishy about that. the teams usually don't change THAT much but as i said orders came just minutes before departing", Jungkooks head was racing once again. Maybe it was his non-soldier mind but this smelled like conspiracy.

He meets the analyst two nights later. He can't sleep since Taehyung is missing and since he's more or less imprisoned on the military grounds he took it up to jog around the halls whenever he can't sleep. they have large outside grounds as well and it's enough to settle his

restless heart for a few hours. This night he sees two figures next to the tech building. They seem to be arguing and Jungkook hides behind a truck to not be found out. "You know there's something wrong Yoongi" - "and you know i can't do anything against it! I talked to them!"

"Well maybe it's time to take the talk up with our fists!", he knows that voice, it seems to be Hoseok but he's not sure. A clicking sound and a hard, small thing probing at his head makes him freeze. "Walk", Jungkook can only imagine what's happening right now. But he walks.

Two steps and he can look behind the truck and at the two men standing next to the building. both immediately go for their guns, Hoseok relaxing once he sees who it is. "Jungkook?", he asks with a frown but said man doesn't dare even nodding. "found him snooping around", a some-

-how familiar voice drawls softly. "God dammit Seokjin he's not the enemy here", Hoseok takes a step to them and pushes Yoongis gun down while doing so. "Kook what are you doing here?", the still feels the pressure at his head and swallows a little. "I w-was j-just j-jogging",

he stutters out and the pressure disappears. Instead there's a man coming into his line of vision, fixing his gun in the holster before his black jacket conceals the weapon once again. "weird jogging you're doing here. Snooping around and listening in to private, yet not very

well thought out conversations", Jungkook knows him. He's the agent that talked to him at the first day. "I'm sorry. I just...i want to find out what's going on here", maybe it's stupid to talk so freely to military personnel but if Taehyung trusts them, he will too.

Once again the three of them look at each other, they seem to communicate without talking. "pah. you know what I think about this", Hoseok replies to an obvious mental conversation. "yeah and you also trust way too easy. Who says he's not a rat?", the shorter man, Jungkook thinks

he's Yoongi, spats and looks at him. Only that stare makes Jungkooks blood freeze on sight. "He's his boyfriend. He trusted him. He wanted to get out of this shitshow for him, i think that tells enough of his character", they seem to bicker for an endless time until Seokjin

clears his throat. "Let's bring him to the colonel", he's met with two looks of sheer shock. But they don't argue. He doesn't know if its Seokjins rank or his dominant aura does the trick but the men move and Jungkook is brought inside the tech building. He had never been here

before and now he marvels at the sheer enormousness of the building. As a coding student he's not new to technology but everything in here looks straight out of an Avengers movie. Like Tony Stark got in and tech-vomited all over the place.

But at the moment it seems to be empty, most displays are coding by themselves, probably analysing some type of content and he's escorted till the very back and then a flight up to the only office that's complete with four walls and a roof, glass windows facing down into the hall

a brunette man is sitting at the desk and Jimin is cleaning his gun on the table near the wall. Both look up when they enter. "Namjoon?" Jungkook asks confused and makes a step forward, immediately the three men crowd him in again but the brunette raises his hand and they ease up

As far as Jungkook knows, Namjoon is the only son that wanted nothing to do with the military. Taehyung had always looked up to his brother that was supposed to own a bookshop in the city. Was anything Taehyung told him actually true?

Namjoon seems to pick up on his thoughts.

"Kook. Sit down", he always had a way of sounding gentle. When he had come by to tell him Tae was missing he had always sounded gentle. "I'm sure you must be confused", the only civilian in the room sits down and laughs harshly. "Confused isn't the right word anymore", he bites

out. Namjoon raises his hands again and leans back in his chair. Seokjin moves through the room and gets a bottle of water, placing it in front of Jungkook before half sitting down on the cabinet behind Namjoon. The muzzle of his weapon peaking out. Jungkook swallows and Seokjin

crosses his arms and smiles a little. He'd be turned on by the obvious, smooth power play of the older male if he wasn't confused as heck.

"You're supposed to sell books!", Jungkook bites out instead and Namjoon nods softly. "I am. And I really do own the shop, if you were

wondering", Namjoon sighs again, pushes a button on his desk and suddenly the glass wall seems to grow black and blocks out every inside into the room. "Our father had us both on military track as soon as we could walk, we've been trained and put into action way earlier than

actually legal. I hated violence from day one and once i was old enough i quit and settled down. Our dad disowned me and didn't let me see my brother for a while, Tae only found me when he was already tied down with the military. I never wanted to come back but...", he waved his

hand a little. "When Seokjin called me up in the middle of the night with the news of Tae disappearing i visited you and then came to don on my stripes once again", it was the first time that anyone seemed to talk to him with any kind of information that was useful.

"we", Namjoon gestured around the room to the other 4 men. "we're sure something about the incident is suspicious. We're trying to find out what's going on", Jungkook feels like a train hit him head on. "so when i say /conspiracy/ you won't laugh and throw me into jail..right?"

the student utters out tiredly. No one laughs.
--
The next day news hit the base that they found the bodies of 150 men in the desert, about 300miles off the coordinates they were supposed to be.

The bodies are shipped into their base and Jungkook sees the seemingly never ending caravan of bodies enter another building. He feels sick to his stomach and he doesn't know anymore if he should hope Taehyung is still alive somewhere or with those bodies they found.

it turns out he's not among them and once again Jungkook doesn't know how to feel. The possibility of this all being a major fuck up and conspiracy is making his skin itch, he feels watched all the time. The other 5 men do their best to keep his mind distracted but it's only so

long till Jungkook is alone again.

There has to be something he could do. Something how he could help instead of feeling useless all the time.

the breakthrough comes at dawn. He's sitting in Namjoons office at a computer, playing around with the video Taehyung sent him on accident when he finds it. It's a picture Taehyung sent him a day before the incident, it's just him smiling and making silly faces at the camera

but the file reads almost a hundred megabyte.

He sends a copy to Yoongi, with the plead to "please print it out for him, the picture is SO IMPORTANT to him and how he wants tae to be with him", he just hopes the analyst gets the clue.

an hour later the smaller man walks in

with a printed picture in his hand. Jungkooks hopeful smile drops. But instead of just dropping it off, Yoongi comes over and crowds into his personal space. "you're a genius", he hears whispered words and then the hug is already over again, the picture is handed over and Yoongi

sits onto the couch before he calls everyone in.

They come in pairs, Jimin and Namjoon dropping in and falling onto the couch talking about baseball, Hoseok and Seokjin carrying containers with steaming food. It looks just like they met for Lunch and when Namjoon blocks the

windows again they're black but see through at this time. "it's a one way mirror", Jimin explains matter of factly and Jungkook settles down at the table. To his surprise they open the containers and pour the contents inside another bowl before fishing out a zip lock bag with an

USB drive. Seokjin just smiles lightly and ruffles his hair, Jungkook feels absolutely out of his depth in this super secret agent game they seem to be playing.

"When Kook sent me the file i was confused for a second but thankfully i caught on", he gets send a small smile from the man and suddenly there's a plate full of food in front of him. "Eat", Seokjin nods softly and somehow Jungkook finds himself eating lunch while talking about

top secret files with a bunch of soldiers.

The result they found was a data package Taehyung seemed to have hidden in the selfie. it's files over files of secret faculties in the region Taehyung was sent. Somehow they seemed to have stumbled upon laboratories and not knowing

who to trust he had sent it to the only person unconspicuous enough to not be suspected running around with top secret files. Jungkook breaks down in tears over his food. There he was, thinking Taehyung stringed him along all the time with lies but instead the man entrusted him

with state secrets.
It takes two tissues and a big hug from Jimin to calm him down enough to only sniffle into his food from time to time. His nerves lie blank and when Yoongi proceeds to take his speech up again he focuses more on listening than food.

"There was a location in one of the files and i guess it's the best shot we've got", suddenly everyone is looking up and at each other. "Enough of the mental conversation stuff. Talk like normal people", he chokes out frustrated and Namjoon breaks first. "We might need your help"

The plan sounds shaky as best to Jungkook but on the other side he isn't a soldier either.
Jungkooks part in the whole setup is to try and seem as crazy as possible about being locked up in the facility. It's not hard considering he's here for almost 2 months already.

while that plan is underfoot, Namjoon and the rest will pull their most trusted people into a task force and get permission to leave for the coordinates. Yoongi and Seokjin will stay back and divert attention as good as possible.

The following day all takes place. Jungkook is

found broken down in the mess hall, after throwing a few tablets and making a big ruckus about finally going home they send Seokjin in to take care of it. Jungkook was never good with acting and thankfully it doesn't take long to reach the communication facilities.

They sit him down and Yoongi slips into the conference room last minute to start the life feed of the cameras the task force carried.

The feed is static for a moment before movement gets into the pictures. The halls of the compound seen to be empty, dust settling over a lot of surfaces and a voice that Jungkook knows is Jimins speaks up in obvious confusion "seems to be equipment from early 90's, sir", a soft

murmur goes through the group of people, two stay back to guard the entrance and the rest moves on. It's almost like one of his video games and Jungkook swears to god he'll never play anything military related ever again after this day.

they walk by empty labs, offices and bunk rooms. but nowhere is a sign of life. Jungkook doesn't know if they'll find anything anymore till "Sir", the camera turns to two soldiers waving Namjoon into another hallway. two big steel doors block the way and he hears Namjoon sigh

"Fire it up", he hears the muffled sounds as the two soldiers put two gum big blops of something against the door. The camera turns around and a "BOOM" makes Jungkook realise it probably wasn't gum but explosives. Once the dust settles another room turns visible, the machines in

there blinking rapidly and Namjoon steps in, takes a good look and ..."SIR, SIR WE FOUND THEM", Jungkook is at the edge of his seat already once Namjoon hurries out and through the hole that once was the second steel door. it looks just like the room before but the soldier on the

other side waves them hurriedly along. And there they are, about five people chained up against a wall like animals, they're filthy and bloody and Jungkook almost doesn't recognise them. The only thing he sees is the stupid pink button he gave Taehyung before departure, he told

him he'd never put it on but there it was, reflecting the light of the flashlights as people hurried to them.

The next few minutes are a flurry of people following orders and getting the chains off of seemingly dead people. Jungkook is too shocked to really get what they're

saying. he's too busy crying and once they get to the helicopters it's over for him. He can't keep himself up anymore and everything fades into black.

He wakes up in a room with a white ceiling, a blanket over him and he's not sure what woke him but only seconds after he's up he hears the noise outside of the room. Still groggy and not really able to orient himself he gets up and goes for the door. People running around and

shouting orders. Someone pushing him into a direction and speaking with him but he can't make out words. What's happening?

His mind catches up once he sees Namjoon. The man looks like they just landed and the look on his face makes his stomach drop. "No", Jungkook utters out.

"No...no no no", he says over and over again. Everything comes back to him in one go. he drops to his knees and holds his head. What was all that good for when Taehyung is dead?

Hands pull him upright and he tries to fight it but the person holding him up is stronger. he's deposited in a chair next to a bed and he's about to have another panic attack when he looks up and sees tired, brown eyes looking at him.
"hey there...soldier" a raspy voice whispers

and Jungkook immediately sobs loudly. "s-shut up!", he's wailing loudly, tears streaming down his face and he leans forward to rest his head on the white linen next to Taehyungs horribly skinny arm. he's still crying and refusing to look at anyone while Jimin lists off all the

injuries Taehyung got himself while captured. his heart seems lighter but somehow he's not convinces this is all over. it's when Taehyung is back to sleep when he steps out to get something to drink. Namjoon is standing with an important looking person on the other side of the

room. Their voices float over to him softly. "Captain Kim did good, we recovered almost all data from the facility. I want to question him immediately" - "with all due respect sir, 150 soldiers are dead and the rest are lucky to be alive..."
He doesn't know why but the voice

of the other guy somehow sounds familiar. He's frowning while he waits for the coffee to drip through the filter. Still listening in to the conversation. "Colonel, step down. You're lucky i extended the courtesy of even letting you in here after retiring", where does he know that

voice from...something in Jungkook brain itches to get out and shout at him but his brain is too tired to properly function. filling his cup and getting it to his mouth he watches the older man stride over to Taehyungs room.

"Father. You can't...don't DO that"

Jungkook drops his mug in shock. a memory washes over him

//that's.....s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉....you can't....s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉...DON'T DO THAT..s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉....NO...s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉....DO YOU WANT TO.....s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉..KILL US ALL...s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉..s҉t҉a҉t҉i҉c҉..//

Both men look at him, Namjoon

confused, his Father (and what kind of fucked up family dynamic is THAT, calling your Father "sir") more annoyed than anything else.

Jungkooks deer eyes and his shaking body seem to be enough to trigger Namjoon into action. His gun is trained on the elder man in a macro second.

"What did you do", he spits out and looks at his father with a rage Jungkook hadn't thought him capable of. "WHAT DID YOU DO?", the roaring shout summons more personnel onto the corridor, Jimin and Seokjin pull Jungkook behind them while Hoseok and Yoongi pull their weapons as

well.
"Boy, remember who you're talking to!", the older man replies to Namjoons question but the younger man doesn't seem to give a shit. "Wasn't it enough to ruin our lives? to keep me from my brother for YEARS. No? you had to go and almost KILL your SON?", Namjoons voice is

as cold as ice. "The outdated equipment, sending Taehyung without ANY of his usual troop...you probably thought he wouldn't even notice the faculties. You always thought we're idiots", Namjoon gets closer to the man. "i...i heard him...on the video", Jungkook stutters out and

warning: swear / hate words
the only reaction he gets is a small nod from Yoongi that they heard him. "You boys always ruined everything you touched! The first one is a failure and the second one a fucking fag", Jungkook shrinks back as if hit. How can a father talk like that

about his own sons?
"He wanted to resign, just like his big, holy brother...and then he told me he was gay? and trying to marry that guy? He's better of DEAD than marrying that...that....scum. I had to do SOMEthing", Jungkook sees Namjoon shake his head and lower his weapon

"And then he had the audacity to get into the laboratories. What was he even DOING there. I had to do something, he'd have ruined EVERYTHING", the elder man was raging even further. "so i did the only thing i could.." - "you killed 150 people and almost your SON!" - "I WAS TRYING

- TO FIX THINGS UP. catch two flies with one strike. no dissapointment as a son and no found laboratories. but he can't even DIE properly"
Jungkook couldn't believe it.
"you don't even deserve the bullet i want to put inside of you", the brunette male replies defeated.

The older man was cuffed and put away, Jimin and Seokjin were staying in front of him till the older man was away, only afterwards they walked him over to Namjoon. "Jungkook...", the older man started and then only sighed, put a hand on his shoulder and squeezed it softly.

"thank you", was all the warning he got before he was pulled against a chest.
A little awkwardly he hugged the other male back, they were both shaking like leafs.

"Everything is going to be okay now", he heard Seokjin murmur softly and then there was a hand in his hair.

And Seokjin was bound to be right. Taehyung and the remaining soldiers gave their statements dooming his Father to a life in prison, the man was shot while trying to escape. Taehyung got promoted to Colonel, then immediately resigned from the service along with Namjoon (again).

"So..listen", his boyfriend told him one day when they sat outside the rehabilitation center Taehyung was still admitted at, severe dehydration and malnutrition weren't to be joked about. "I know this was kind of a big turn off for a relationship..you know..going missing and all"

the retired colonel went on and Jungkook stayed quiet, not wanting to overthink it again. Taehyung seemed nervous. It was a weird concept seeing the man nervous about anything after all of this.

"I just..i kinda wanted to ask you to marry me..before..you know?", the older male

smiled his boxy smile and scratched his head a little. "Yeah...i know", Jungkook couldn't help the smile that took over his own face.

"So...you...still wanna go through with it?", the veteran asked still nervous and pulled out a small box from his jacket. Jungkook opened it only

to find his ugly pink button inside. His laugh was ringing over the little park. "God i hate you so much", Jungkook was still giggling a few minutes later.

"is..that a yes? come on don't keep me hanging!", Taehyung whined softly.

"only if you promise to never go missing again"

The veteran made a contemplating sound in the back of his throat, waggling his hand as if not really sure about this fact.

"Can't promise it", he fought a smile and took Jungkooks hand in his.
"Well..i better stay around and watch your sorry ass then", the younger sniffed.

//"you just want an excuse to stare at my ass even more" - "shut up, i hate you" - "no you dooooon't...you loooove meeeee and you're gonna marryyy meeee" - "ugh maybe i'll think about it again" - "what? no! no refunds! you gotta marry me now. it's law" - "fine..if it's the law"//

if anyone is interested in the ao3 version with /slight/ differences

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23579047