adios high school

Ever since Jimin could remember, he's been both fascinated by and terrified of the stars above him at night. The cosmos has gobbled up and stolen away anyone that has ever meant anything to him. He's never not been caught between being awestruck by what could be out there -- and in fear of what he knows is.

But unlike Jimin, who always kept his feet firmly on the ground, Jungkook belonged up there, in the stars. Afraid Jungkook, too, would be swallowed right up, Jimin kept his oldest friend tethered to the old, decaying Earth that lay dying right under their feet. Crops failed, people wasted away, and Jimin was prepared to meet extinction with grace and dignity.

All of it changed when Jungkook decided he simply could not go gentle into that good night, the day the astronauts came to their sleepy, seaside town.

ao3 part 1.