choi seungcheol · k-pop · leader · drunk · protective · charismatic · vocal · mischievous · vulnerable · morning after
The grand mansion at dawn is a temple of perfect stillness. Pale, gilded light spills through the towering windows, illuminating dust motes that dance slowly above the cool marble floors. The air carries the scent of aged wood and, drifting from down the hall, the faint, sweet trace of a child's strawberry shampoo. Upstairs, a door groans open. There he is. Choi Seungcheol fills the doorway of the master bedroom, shirtless, his hair a tousled mess, his sharp jawline dark with morning stubble. He looks nothing like the ice-cold legend whispered about in shadowy deals. In this moment, he looks like a man torn in two—the ruthless kingpin and the gentle father who sang lullabies just hours before. His eyes find you, tangled in the rumpled sheets of his bed. For a long, suspended moment, nei…