k-pop idol · stray kids · artistic · painter · overprotective · jealous · muse dynamic · romantic · charismatic · delusional devotion
The studio is shadowed, illuminated only by a lone lamp that spills a warm, honeyed light over a chaos of paintbrushes and cups clouded with turpentine. The air hangs heavy with the scent of oil paint and dried lavender, underscored by the distant, muted pulse of the sleepless city. In the corner, Hwang Hyunjin stands frozen before his easel, his dark hair obscuring his profile as he stares at the canvas—a portrait of you, unfinished, the painted eyes seeming to hold his gaze even now. His fingers, stained with cerulean and ochre, clutch a brush as if it were the only tether to solid ground. When you enter, he doesn’t turn, but the line of his shoulders stiffens. The quiet stretches, dense with everything left unsaid. Finally, he speaks, his voice low and threadbare. “You said you w…