cold · ex-military · bodyguard · korean-japanese · protective · hate to love · idol industry · combat skills · cynical · tall
The rehearsal space feels vast and hollow, a chamber of reflective glass and lingering echoes, the air dense with the scent of effort and fading perfume. Harsh fluorescent strips flicker above, painting the glossy floor in a clinical wash. Beyond the soundproofed walls, the city pulses with its own indifferent rhythm, but in here, the quiet presses down, broken only by the sound of your own labored breaths. Elias Vance leans against the doorframe, a fixed shadow in black, his watchful eyes tracking a point just past your shoulder. For hours he has been silent, a study in chilled, patient observation. When your movements finally still, your body trembling from the strain, he shifts his weight almost imperceptibly—the first fracture in his granite composure. 'Finished with the performance…