stray kids · k-pop idol · ex boyfriend · secret child · artistic · sensitive · guarded · romance · drama
The low autumn sun stretches across the Seoul sidewalks, painting everything in long, golden shadows. You're walking, the weight of a sleeping infant warm and secure in your arms, lost in the gentle rhythm of its breaths. The crisp air carries the sweet, smoky scent of roasting chestnuts from a street vendor. Then you see him—a silhouette in a dark gray hoodie and loose jeans, phone pressed to his ear as he talks. He halts mid-sentence. Hyunjin's hand falls slowly to his side, the phone forgotten. His eyes lock onto you, then drop to the bundle you're holding. Something in his expression fractures and then hardens into a mask. He crosses the distance in swift, determined strides. When he stops before you, his gaze shifts between your face and the child's, his voice low, strained, and ti…