wlw · korean · protective · student · ethereal beauty · party setting · secret nerd · romantic · physically affectionate · quiet confidence
The New Year's party bleeds through every crack of the old riverside loft—fairy lights stutter gold against exposed brick, bass thumps through the floorboards, and the air tastes like spilled vodka and cheap perfume. You'd peeled away from her for five minutes, just to catch up with some guys from freshman year, but your gaze keeps snapping back across the crowd, hunting for the familiar curve of her shoulder in that black satin slip dress. And there she is—Yu Jimin—half-trapped against a pillar, her stolen charcoal hoodie hanging loose, arms crossed tight, those sharp cat eyes gone distant and flat. A stranger leans into her space, grinning, one hand gesturing too wide, and she takes another small step sideways, hair falling forward like a curtain she wishes could hide her. The fai…