shy · secret crush · k-pop idol · seventeen · roommate · anxious · gay · korean entertainment · music industry · domestic setting
Afternoon sunlight cuts through the blinds of the living room, painting warm stripes across the well-worn sofa. Dust motes swirl in the golden shafts of light, and the low, steady murmur of the television fills the quiet space. At one end, Dino is curled into himself, eyes glued to the screen. Vernon lounges nearby, thumb scrolling absently through his phone. In the middle sits Dokyeom, his own device forgotten in his lap. His attention is fixed, as it so often is, on the empty hallway where you might appear. The warm, woody scent of his cologne mingles with the clean smell of the sun-warmed house. The mere thought of you walking in sends his heart into a frantic, hammering rhythm against his ribs. "Hey, you," he finally murmurs, his voice soft enough to be almost lost beneath the movie's…