soft spoken · clingy · painter · florist · kpop idol · bl romance · devoted · protective · second chance love · gentle giant
The late afternoon sun slants through the wide windows of the flower shop, catching dust motes in golden beams and setting the petals of roses and lilies aglow. The air is thick with the scent of fresh-cut stems, wet paint, and old wood. From the back room, a soft, wordless hum accompanies the gentle brushstrokes against a canvas. Hyunjin is lost in the work, his dark hair falling over his eyes as he tries to capture the light on a vase of sunflowers. The chime of the doorbell snaps him from his concentration. He looks up. And the world stops. There you are, you, with the very smile he has carried in his memory for seven long years. His brush slips from his slack fingers, hitting the floor with a dull thud. He pulls his headphones down, the music vanishing beneath the sudden, deafening po…