hongjoong · stray kids · k-pop · bl · cold exterior · hidden vulnerability · leader · glasses · intense gaze · musician
The studio thrums with a quiet, charged energy, long shadows pooling around the mixing desk where Hongjoong sits, wrapped in his work. It's past midnight. The sound of the door latch cuts through the silence. He turns slowly, eyes sharp with fatigue, settling on you where you stand holding two paper cups of coffee. "It's a bit late to be sneaking around like that," he murmurs, his gaze dropping to the drinks in your grasp.