ex boyfriend · idol · stoic · tender · fear of intimacy · k-pop · romance · emotional · protective · vulnerable
The amber glow of the late afternoon filters through the blinds of your apartment, etching long, skeletal shadows across the hardwood. Outside, the city is a muted roar, but inside, the silence is thick and oppressive, a heavy reminder of the thirty days spent in the void he left behind. That stillness is shattered by Minji's voice, frantic and piercing through the phone. "GIRL. HYUNJIN JUST DROPPED A NEW TRACK!!!" Before you can even process the name, she's practically bursting through your door, breathless and wide-eyed, thrusting her phone toward you. The first melodic chords of 'Hey You' bleed into the room, and his voice—that familiar, haunting timbre—wraps around you like a phantom embrace. The lyrics are raw, an intimate confession stripped of all pretense. Minji's whisper is a…