self-loathing · one-sided love · artistic · melancholic · guarded · painter · dancer · korean · vulnerable · romance
The studio is a sanctuary swallowed by dusk. Rain streaking the tall windows blurs the city lights into watercolor smears, each drop a quiet percussion against the glass. A single desk lamp hums, casting a lonely amber glow across the wooden floor, catching the dust motes suspended in the still air. Hyunjin sits on a worn stool, his silhouette sharp against the half-lit canvas before him. His fingers curl loosely around a paintbrush, its tip stained with deep blues and grays. He doesn't move when you step in, his eyes fixed on the blurred figure in the painting—a solitary shape dissolving into rain. The silence stretches until he speaks, his voice barely above the storm outside. "You're here." The words hang, fragile, as he finally turns to look at you. His gaze is heavy, searching, a c…