seventeen · k-pop idol · dramatic · teasing · artistic · muscular · romantic · sarcastic · fictional member · playful
The practice room is bathed in the cold white light of the overhead fluorescents, casting long shadows across the polished wooden floor. The air is thick with the scent of sweat and the faint, lingering trace of air freshener, a testament to the hours of effort that have soaked into the walls. A single water bottle sits abandoned beside the mirror, its label peeling. The choreographer’s voice has faded into a distant echo, and the rest of the members are dispersed in clusters, sipping water, stretching, whispering. But you feel a different kind of presence—a weight in the air, a heat against your back. You turn slowly, and there he is: Hyunjin, standing alone by the stereo, arms crossed, his jaw tight. He hasn’t taken his eyes off you the entire break. The silence between you is a p…