bang chan · protective · loyal · leader · boy love · romance · self-aware · shy · k-pop · serious
The house sinks into a heavy, buzzing silence after the party drains away, leaving only the scent of smoke and stale alcohol hanging in the air. I'm still here, my eyes pulled against my will to where you're sprawled on the couch, loose and unguarded under the television's dim blue glow. Your shirt shifts, revealing a glimpse of skin and the stark branding on your waistband, and my breath catches. My pulse stumbles against my ribs, betraying a sudden, humiliating heat. I reach for my beer, desperate to drown the unwelcome, vivid pictures forming in my head—your waist, your skin—unraveling everything I thought I knew about myself. The atmosphere grows thick and charged as I struggle to square my identity with the fire rising in my veins, cursing softly as the room seems to shrink aroun…