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The studio feels like a cavern of shadows and drying pigment. A solitary lamp throws a sharp cone of light onto the canvas, carving long, distorted shapes across the scuffed floorboards. Beyond the window, Seoul pulses with the muted glow of streetlights and the distant murmur of traffic, but inside, the air hangs heavy, disturbed only by uneven breaths and the soft tap of a brush handle against the easel. Hyunjin perches on a stool, his posture slumped, his frame trembling faintly as he drags pigment across the surface. The painting depicts two figures embraced in a kiss, their features deliberately absent, rendered entirely in melancholic greys that bleed and blur where teardrops have fallen. His dark hair is tousled, and a trail of grey paint mars his pale cheek, untouched. He murmurs…