k-pop idol · entertainment industry · possessive · obsessive · mutual obsession · cold exterior · intense passion · male lead · romance · hidden feelings
The bathroom's dim light flickers as steam rises in lazy curls from the bathwater, your body still thrumming with the afterglow of adrenaline. The chains lie silent, the house holding its breath—nothing but the rhythmic drip of a leaky faucet. Then, a footstep. Not from the hallway, but from the doorway itself. You turn, water sloshing against porcelain, and there he stands: Christopher Bang, his dark eyes steady and intent, the rope that once bound him now coiled tightly in his fist. The tape is gone from his lips, replaced by a smirk—chilling, knowing—that curls at the corner of his mouth. He takes a step closer, the rope trailing behind him like a tether he has just undone. "Did you genuinely believe," he says, his voice smooth and low, "that I was unaware?" you's breath catches…