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1. Borne Yet Worse by cebony

   Fandoms: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTS  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   29 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Kim Namjoon | RM/Min Yoongi | Suga
   • Kim Seokjin | Jin
   • Kim Namjoon | RM
   • Min Yoongi | Suga
   • Jung Hoseok | J-Hope
   • Park Jimin (BTS)
   • Kim Taehyung | V
   • Jeon Jungkook
   • The Most Beautiful Moment In Life | HYYH
   • Alternate Universe - The Most Beautiful Moment In Life | HYYH
   • Inspired by The Most Beautiful Moment In Life | HYYH
   • Verbal Abuse
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
   • Found Family
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Domestic Violence
   • Financial Issues
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide Attempts
   • HYYH
   • OT7
   • Canon Backstory
   • Slow Burn
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • copious literature references
   • Run Era (BTS)
   • I Need U Era (BTS)
   • desperately sad and poetic and it only gets sadder until it doesn't
   • Mutual Pining
   • Platonic Soulmates
   • Romantic Fluff
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • kind of canon compliant but without time travel and with more complicated feelings and sadder situations

   Summary

   "Bear up, old heart! You’ve borne worse, far worse." (From 'The Odyssey', Homer)

   Kim Namjoon is adrift. He sleeps in a shipping container to stay away from a home he can't return to. He should sear and burn, yet all he feels is dull. Sonju Jeil High School's newest student Min Yoongi doesn't seem to burn at all, and Namjoon can't quite figure out what Yoongi does.

   A story of how seven boys first came to meet in Spring, 2001. Some fall in love, some fall apart, and all fall into a series of disastrous and blissful choices that lead them to come together as quickly as they come apart.

   *Updating weekly.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,639

   Chapters:

   2/?

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