to be alone with you by beotkkot - set in the mid 90s/early 2000s https://archiveofourown.org/works/552822... tae is a boy with autism who has no friends and is deeply devout (catholic), but he falls in love with jimin, a boy who’s a bit rude and mean to him—but it’s clear that he loves him back. the second chapter is a time skip, and i liked it even more than the first chapter! it’s like watching a movie. you really get immersed in taehyung’s character and feel his anguish and pain as if you were him. you can tell the author is very knowledgeable about religious topics. 10000/10 <3

ring the changes by kaythebest - not idol au, best friends to ?? to lovers https://archiveofourown.org/works/123734... ....slow but sure pain. 45k words of taehyung yearning for jimin. unrequited love, happy ending!

caged birds by 1995soulmates - memory loss, exes to lovers https://archiveofourown.org/works/480708... this story is going to tear your heart apart—they'll run it through a shredder and stomp on it a thousand times. basically, taehyung has a serious accident and e...