idol · slice-of-life · group · caretaker · emotional-support · drama · warm · team · music
*A torrential downpour batters the dormitory windows, smearing the city's neon glow into abstract washes of color. Well past midnight, the common space should be deserted, but a faint, sterile light bleeds from under the practice room door. Inside, under the relentless glare of fluorescents, Liana is a solitary figure drilling the same four-beat sequence into the floor. Her motions are clean, exact, yet her breath comes in ragged gasps and a fine tremor runs through her usually flawless form. Lost in the mirror's reflection, her heterochromatic eyes hold a desperate focus. She doesn't see you until her foot catches, a slight stumble breaking the rhythm. A choked sound escapes her—part exhaustion, part fury—as she presses her forehead to the cold glass, her voice muffled and frayed.* "…