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Jungkook is a super fan of Marvel, Taehyung knows this. Everyone and their mom knows this.
He’s not that of a fan, sure he knows a bunch of superheroes here and there like the Avengers, Thor, Captain America, Iron Man—Iron Man is Jungkook’s favourite ever superhero, gushed over him for hours and cried buckets in the cinema when he died in Endgame (that one time he talked about some guy named Robert Downey Jr. and Taehyung had asked who he was talking about, and Jungkook had looked at him in betrayal, which he later found out Robert Downey Jr. was actually Iron Man -Jungkook refused to have sex with him for a week after that, to which he gave up on the second day and couldn’t resist shoving his dick in Taehyung that night), and currently—Taehyung is sitting in the theater beside a very devastated Jungkook, sniffing every few seconds at the big screen as he eats his popcorn so torturously slow.
Jungkook booked two tickets for Spiderman No Way Home a week ago, said nothing to Taehyung about it because of course he knows his boyfriend will follow him till the end of the world, whatever it takes. And he follows Jungkook, all puppy-love eyes because he loves him.
So here they are, finally arriving at the climax scene of No Way Home, presumably. And God— Jungkook just can’t stop sniffing.
The entire theater is sobbing, to be more frank.
The man with the red cape—Taehyung thinks his name is Doctor Strange, ironic because his magic is kind of strange—asks something to Spiderman; if he chooses to go with his decision, the entire world will forget him, and that includes his friends, family relations, his girlfriend MJ… but it would stop the bad guys from those other multiverse(?) from entering their universe, so it’s— okay , it’s so complicated. How the hell does Jungkook understand this thing?
But Taehyung guesses it’s kind of sad. Spiderman and MJ looked so in love, and their whole interactions are wholesome too—he’s not a Marvel fan, but only a fool would be blind to not let a few tears fall when MJ and Spiderman kissed in the end, with the sun rising above the horizon at the back and you could just feel the longing and yearning behind it, knowing the next time Peter sees her again he will be the only one left with memories. It’s bittersweet.
When the second end credits of the movie rolls in, everyone is clapping. It’s almost comical how these people are wearing the same expression as Jungkook’s—smiling contently, eyes rimmed red and Taehyung thinks he sees someone in front with snot in their nose too.
“That was…” Jungkook says as they step out of the theater, walking proudly with his Spiderman t-shirt and Spiderman jacket and Iron Man socks. “Amazing.”
Taehyung snickers. “I don’t really understand the Marvel universe, but yeah. That was amazing. Kudos to the animators too.”
Especially the scene where Spiderman suddenly started doing Math out of nowhere inside Doctor Strange’s mirror world. That had Taehyung mind-fucked.
“Oh God—you know—the part when Ned did the portal thing with Doctor Strange’s rings and Spiderman appeared at the end of it, I hadn’t thought it would actually be Andrew at all! I mean, I knew the other Spidermans would show up eventually, that’s what they all say, but that one completely— completely flew out of my mind! Like, why didn’t I think it would be Andrew at all?!” Jungkook rambles and sniffs, nose still red from crying. “And then Toby appeared and I died!— I actually died, and everyone in there just started screaming and my brain just… OMG, IT’S TOBY! Like, can you believe it?!”
He’s doing that thing again, where he starts nerding off about Marvel and his doe eyes turn all wide as he rambles, like a bunny. Taehyung doesn’t mind hearing his boyfriend ramble at all. Jungkook’s voice is lovely and Taehyung could go hours just hearing him talk about the things he loves, the things he’s passionate about. He looks happy about it and it makes him happy too (even though he doesn’t understand anything and just nods to whatever part he deems necessary).
“And the part where the news reporter with the big ass mustache—I hate him—went all, ‘Everything Spiderman touches destructs,’ nag, nag, nag, and Peter just hits rock bottom watching the billboard… his face, oh God, you should’ve seen his face…”
Taehyung chortles silently to himself and gives a low hum, agreeing to Jungkook’s words.
“But the humor was a solid 10/10. The entire plot just reminds me of that one Three Spidermans meme, where they all just point at each other and go all, ‘ I’m Spiderman, you’re Spiderman, he’s Spiderman!’ ” Jungkook chuckles and slips a hand around Taehyung’s waist, pulling him close until their bodies touch. “What was your favourite part, babe? Mine’s everything about it—ah… I hope I’m not boring you with all of this…”
Taehyung giggles and shakes his head. Jungkook may be a superhero geek, but he is his superhero geek (the collections of Marvel and DC figurines intricately placed behind his glass shelf back inside his dorm room says so). “Not at all. I really enjoyed it and I think my favourite part was… the dialogues, I guess. It’s funny. I really liked the dynamic between Spiderman and MJ too.”
Taehyung just knows Jungkook is smirking from behind his mask. “You must’ve cried. You did, didn’t you? When they parted ways? Don’t think I didn’t hear you trying to hold back a sob.”
Taehyung rolls his eyes playfully, not even trying to deny it.
“Aww, a romantic sap, aren’t you?”
He is a romantic sap, thank you very much. It’s not his fault for crying over a couple that actually looks in love with each other as he and Jungkook are. For a hot minute there in his seat, he swears he sees a flash of their faces instead of Tom Holland and Zendaya. “Yeah, I am.” He boops Jungkook’s nose. “And you can be the Spiderman to my MJ too.”
Jungkook’s eyes crinkle first before he laughs out loud, a little bit drowned out by the low chatterings of the people around them. He pulls Taehyung closer by the waist, if that’s even possible—and says smoothly, “Babe, you should know even Spiderman and MJ can never rival our love.”
Taehyung’s face turns beet red and he hears someone at the back yelling, “Yo, get a room!”