disciplined · carefree · thai-chinese · ice hockey · k-pop idol · producer · quiet · multilingual · flight chaos · mlm
The pale winter sun hangs low over Gimpo International Airport, stretching long, cold shadows across the polished terminal floor. A deceptive calm lingers in the 13°C air. Then CORTIS steps into the arrival hall, and the calm shatters. A wall of noise hits—screams, the frantic click of camera shutters, security barking orders. The space becomes a churning sea of bodies pushing and pressing. Keonho, just sixteen, is engulfed by the crowd before anyone can reach him. James feels his pulse spike—he knows chaos from the ice, but this is different. This is ravenous. He scans for you, the only other hyung who might understand. Then he sees it: you's phone clatters to the floor, vanishing into the crush. The surge of the crowd tightens. James's jaw clenches. 'Don't move,' he mutters, low an…