Sprite's Favourite AO3 Gems (Taekook Fics)
Note: Taekook time ♡ i've collected these over years of reading, and somehow they all ended up living rent-free in my head. Hopefully you'll find a new favorite among them too ✨ • Masterlist
[A/B/O AU]
➳ winterberry: i bloom in hope
Pairing: Omega! Jeon Jungkook x Alpha! Kim Taehyung Word count: 104,510 Summary: When the Kims take in what’s left of the Jeon pack, Jungkook learns that life can be more fun, more exciting, more colourful than he’s ever known. That his calloused hands are good at carving pretty pumpkins for Hallow’s Eve, that ice-skating feels a bit like flying, that something as simple as a braided bracelet can make a friend weep. His only wish, now, is for the most handsome alpha he’s ever laid eyes on to give him a second glance. Feat. BFF Jimin, Yoongi-the-scary-but-nice-bro-in-law, Jin-the-master-of-string-bracelets, and many more who teach Jungkook that life isn’t all about cooking, cleaning, and following crappy head alphas’ orders.
➳ Lupi
Pairing: Alpha! Jeon Jungkook x Human! Kim Taehyung Word count: 107,209 Summary: This is one summer break that Taehyung will never forget. From dealing with a moody mare that likes to think she’s a stroppy teenager rather than a horse, to dealing with childhood memories that threaten to choke him, Taehyung will soon find out that when you take a trip down memory lane, some things are more than just memories.
[ROYALTY AU]
➳ The Shadows of Fire
Pairing: Mother of Dragons! Jeon Jungkook x Lord! Kim Taehyung Word count: 210,194 Summary: Jungkook is the “spare to the heir” - largely disregarded and now, bartered off in a political marriage to the most infamously monstrous man: Kim Taehyung, Lord of House Kim, whom they call the shadowed beast. Taehyung, reviled and feared and worshipped from a young age for his terrifying powers, has no interest in the war for the throne. But when he meets and falls in love with his new intended, he thinks: he would climb the bloodied stairs to claim the accursed throne, if only to crown Jungkook as the rightful queen. Lord Taehyung sees something worthy in Jungkook, who has only ever been treated as the spare to be discarded. And when Jungkook’s ability manifests and comes to light, the rest of the world, too, will come to see.
➳ From a Prince to a King
Pairing: Prince! Jeon Jungkook x Prince! Kim Taehyung Word count: 29,393 Summary: Fuckboy Prince Taehyung is ready for his arranged marriage. Who cares, anyway - he takes his job as monarch seriously, and what King doesn't have a harem or two? Then he meets his fiancé, a doe-eyed prince who tells him happily, “I hope to be a good spouse to you!"
➳ Your Majesty
Pairing: Alpha Emperor! Jeon Jungkook x Omega! Kim Taehyung Word count: 52,329 Summary: Joseon era. Emperor Jeongguk's relationship with his ministers in court is directly proportional to the position of their sons or daughters in Jeongguk's harem. This is unfortunate for Kim Household where Kim Taehyung's marriage to the emperor remains unconsummated.
➳ Heavy Lies the Crown
Pairing: Commoner! Jeon Jungkook x Prince! Kim Taehyung Word count: 48,230 Summary: Kim Taehyung is the widely adored - and lonely - Crown Prince of South Korea, still in mourning a year after the death of his father, the previous King Regnant. Jeon Jungkook is but a humble, small town boy, whose prodigious musical talent is the only thing he has left of his parents. And they’re betrothed. Or so says the apparently legal, valid and enforceable contract, signed by their parents seventeen years ago. Taehyung, for his part, can’t stop staring at the Birkenstocks this boy has decided to wear, to the Palace. feat. Hoseok, who’s just here to win his next equestrian show jumping medal.
[DRAGON AU]
➳ Of Black Scales and Soft Sheets
Pairing: Dragon! Jeon Jungkook x Dragon Rider! Kim Taehyung Word count: 18,521 Summary: At twenty-one, every Rider is supposed to find their dragon. It's a moment of destiny, of connection, of purpose. Taehyung is twenty-three and still waiting. While his friends soar through the skies with their partners, he’s grounded, alone, and starting to believe the universe has forgotten him. He’s nearly convinced himself that he was never meant to fly—until he meets a Night Fury with eyes like fire in the night and, suddenly, the emptiness where a partner was supposed to be is filled, and hope claws its way back into his heart, fierce and fragile.
➳ Silver Lined Bones
Pairing: Prince! Jeon Jungkook x Dragon! Kim Taehyung Word count: 603,962 Summary: To solidify the Accords signed between humans, warlocks and dragonborns, Taehyung is set to marry the heir of the most prominent human dynasty: Jeon Jungkook. Everything would be fine for Taehyung if Jungkook was not: 1) human, 2) such a damn brat, and 3) hiding so many secrets. However, a sinister event threatens the tentative peace and dragonborns as a whole. Nothing is what it seems to be, and Taehyung and Jungkook will have to work together to find the cure to a growing tragedy. OR Taehyung regrets his life choices as he accepts an arranged marriage with a brazen human prince who loves to push every single one of Taehyung's buttons. Jungkook, on the other hand, basks in his newfound freedom.
➳ Dyadic
Pairing: Dragon Rider! Jeon Jungkook x Dragon! Kim Taehyung Word count: 220,639 Summary: For decades dragons have been hunted and used by the military as the ultimate weapons, controlled by the Riders who dictate their every move. Rookie dragon rider Jeon Jungkook enters the Rider's Corps hoping to be different from the rest. But when he meets the defiant and volatile new capture Taehyung more than just sparks fly. It's an inferno.
➳ Breathe, Fireheart
Pairing: Dragon! Jeon Jungkook x Police Officer! Kim Taehyung Word count: 9,415 Summary: With a shuddering breath, Jungkook sneezes. Almost instantly, the report he has been working on for the past five hours combusts into flames. Ashes and dying embers are all that's left of what used to be his greatest report yet. OR Everyone knows Jungkook as the lone police officer who always works overtime to write neverending reports. No one knows about his dragon heritage — but Taehyung, head of the Gangnam Police Station, might very well be the first one to find out about his secret and biggest insecurity.
[HOGWARTS AU]
➳ Official Courtship Rituals for the Pureblood Wizard
Pairing: Gryffindor! Jeon Jungkook x Slytherin! Kim Taehyung Word count: 25,878 Summary: The Hogwarts AU where Taehyung’s a pureblooded Slytherin who falls for Jungkook, a muggleborn Gryffindor. When Taehyung gifts him a dark artifact as part of pureblood courting rituals, Jungkook, who knows nothing of pureblood culture, thinks Taehyung is out to curse him. Needless to say, he's terrified. Oops
[FANTASY AU]
➳ Uprise
Pairing: Fairy! Jeon Jungkook x Fairy! Kim Taehyung Word count: 116,539 Summary: Ever since he was a young Light-Fairy, Taehyung was taught to hide, to protect his light, save his life, from deadly predators, the natural and unnatural ones. He’s faced the horrors of having tarantulas and beetles trying to break into his home, he’s felt the terror of frantically hiding from a bird’s hunting call, he’s smelt the putrid rot from the unnatural ones. Taehyung knows predators well. Or, so he thought. After all, a natural predator doesn’t save a downed prey, does it?
➳ Stuck on You
Pairing: Demon! Jeon Jungkook x Human! Kim Taehyung Word count: 18,968 Summary: Jungkook stares at the dumbfounded demon before him, and repeats himself. “I have a human stuck in my head.”
➳ underneath a shattered sky
Pairing: Sentinel! Jeon Jungkook x Witch! Kim Taehyung Word count: 29,047 Summary: After years spent looking for a Guide and a fresh ultimatum hanging over his head, Jungkook has one last chance to become an elite Sentinel: controlling his senses with magic. Enters lone witch Kim Taehyung.
➳ where the spirit meets the bones
Pairing: Jeon Jungkook x Kim Taehyung Word count: 102,340 Summary: Where one mistake can get you killed and one bite can stop your heart, Kim Taehyung finds himself navigating the zombie infested streets of Seoul after getting separated from his group. He’s not alone though, and he wonders if it is a blessing or a curse that Jeon Jeongguk fights by his side.
➳ purest of them all
Pairing: Human! Jeon Jungkook x Devil! Kim Taehyung Word count: 7,778 Summary: When a child was born, they were born with a timer. A soft, glowing set of numbers would appear above its tiny head. The numbers began ticking down the seconds until the date of the child’s death from the moment it took in its first breath. Jeon Jungkook was born with a timer of one year. OR Jungkook's parents make a deal with a devil in exchange for his life. Little did they know the deal may very well lead him to the love of his life, as well.
➳ vampires will never hurt you
Pairing: Vampire! Jeon Jungkook x Human! Kim Taehyung Word count: 20,562 Summary: taehyung had already had a pretty weird day, so really, being cornered into an alley by a vampire on his way home from work was probably to be expected. OR "but what if a vampire drank the blood of someone who was anemic would they be seriously grossed out" au
[SOULMATE AU]
➳ pick me up, buttercup
Pairing: Jeon Jungkook x Kim Taehyung Word count: 9,257 Summary: where your soulmate's first words to you will be tattooed on your wrist when you meet. Which freakin sucks, because Jungkook's forearm will now forever read "Hey baby, if you were a booger, I'd pick you first." What the fuck, universe.
➳ maps to you
Pairing: Jeon Jungkook x Kim Taehyung Word count: 13,130 Summary: There is a dick on his face. There is a big, bold dick drawn onto his face in black permanent marker, and though Jeongguk scrubs and scrubs and scrubs until his forehead is red, he only succeeds in smudging it around. He pumps a fistful of soap onto the towel and renews his efforts with twice the vigor. He has hagwon later today, and he’d rather step on Legos than go there like this. Maybe, he thinks, pausing for a second to examine the state of the dick, his parents will allow him to skip just this once. Does this count as a medical emergency? Jeongguk isn’t sure, but his hands are shaky and the towel is shaky and he’s growing more panicked by the second because it won’t come off. He’s going to die. He’s going to die of public humiliation in front of everyone, and then he’s going to come back to life and kill his soulmate, because who the fuck draws a dick on their forehead knowing full well that it’ll show up on someone else, too?
[MISCELLANEOUS AUs]
➳ A Rose By Any Other Name
Pairing: Chaebol! Jeon Jungkook x Chaebol! Kim Taehyung Word count: 34,077 Summary: A modern Romeo & Juliet with a twist — Taehyung and Jungkook’s houses may not be at war (far from it, actually, given that they’re planning an arranged marriage between their two sons to solidify a corporate merger), but the two boys have enough enmity for one another to rival a generations-long blood feud. Featuring: Jungkook as a Juliet who’d rather swallow poison than be married off to the pretentious Kim heir; and Taehyung as a Romeo who may be just as lovelorn as the titular character, but would rather drive a dagger into his own chest than admit it. So not like Romeo and Juliet at all, basically.
➳ Angel
Pairing: Doctor! Jeon Jungkook x Mafia! Kim Taehyung Word count: 9,728 Summary: “There’s only one doctor I’d let touch me if I’m ever on my death bed and he’s Doctor Jeon. Either fetch him, or I’ll bleed through this gurney and allover your floor.” OR That time Doctor Jeon Jungkook and Mafia Kim Taehyung found love in the ER.
➳ you talk all that sweet talk
Pairing: Husband! Jeon Jungkook x Doctor! Kim Taehyung Word count: 2,034 Summary: At first Jeongguk thinks that he breaks his neck with the way he snaps his head so fast that he’s directly facing Taehyung. He can’t believe his ears….did Taehyung just say what Jeongguk heard him say? Did he really just say that? “You’re my husband?” He asks and even if he’s still a bit under and groggy, he can hear the awe in his own voice. “Are you sure?” OR Jeongguk wakes up from surgery still a bit confused and with the most beautiful man in the world standing next to him.
➳ fever started long ago
Pairing: idol! Jeon Jungkook x idol! Kim Taehyung Word count: 22,840 Summary: Where there is love, there is warmth. Where there is honesty, there is relief. In which Taehyung eats a magical fortune cookie and wakes up physically dependent on Jeongguk’s body heat.
➳ Just Say "Yes" (I'd Rather Have Everything Than Nothing At All)
Pairing: idol! Jeon Jungkook x idol! Kim Taehyung Word count: 23,164 Summary: It all starts with a tweet: KTH is giving me serious creeper vibes Against his better judgement, Taehyung clicks.
➳ my seasons were always you
Pairing: Ex! Jeon Jungkook x Ex! Kim Taehyung Word count: 40,681 Summary: After yet another failed relationship, Taehyung avoids his family Christmas dinner in favor of inviting his ex-husband, Jeongguk, to spend the weekend away with their children. And maybe, for the first time in years, things start to feel that little bit right again.
➳ the four of us
Pairing: Jeon Jungkook x Kim Taehyung Word count: 3,374 Summary: Jeongguk tries to propose in every season (with a little help from their children.) OR Sequel to my seasons were always you
➳ Fall Right Into You
Pairing: Singer! Jeon Jungkook x Ceo! Kim Taehyung Word count: 123,260 Summary: Kim Taehyung, one of Seoul’s most eligible bachelors, runs head first into a stranger in an alleyway, effectively ruining his outfit and his ability to make it to work on time. When the insistent stranger offers to repay him for his damages, Taehyung cashes in by asking him to be his fake date to an upcoming wedding, not realizing that the man he asked is Jeon Jungkook, the world-famous singer, household name, and absolutely gorgeous heartthrob.
➳ A Million Little Reasons
Pairing: Idol! Jeon Jungkook x Ceo! Kim Taehyung Word count: Summary: “I love you, Idol Boy,” he finally relents, leaning in to kiss him one more time. “So much. Even when you drive me crazy.” “I know,” Jungkook responds. “And I love you, sweetheart.” OR A collection of freestanding drabbles and peeks into Taehyung and Jungkook's lives as they navigate their marriage and careers from Fall Right Into You
➳ i'm here, i'm home (on a white christmas eve)
Pairing: Ceo! Jeon Jungkook x Husband! Kim Taehyung Word count: 5,941 Summary: “Another Christmas without you, huh?” Jeongguk sees Taehyung sigh on the Skype call, his heart aching a bit with how sad he sounds. What Taehyung doesn't know is how he’s been thumbing at the plane tickets in his hand the entire call. Tickets that'll bring him right back to Taehyung.
➳ Always Meant to Be Your Last
Pairing: Jeon Jungkook x Kim Taehyung Word count: 2,119 Summary: The first time Jungkook meets Taehyung’s infamous ex, Soobin says: “I’m his first love, didn’t you know?” (No, Jungkook hadn't known; hadn't known, while he was busy falling in love with Taehyung, that there had been someone Taehyung loved before - that there had been someone Taehyung moved cities for.) Jungkook’s lips tremble. Taehyung’s heart drops. Right up until Jungkook’s eyes narrow, as he says, “So? I’m going to be his last love.”
