cold · wealthy background · closeted gay · k-pop idol · romance · school setting · emotional detachment · hyunlix · slow burn · touch aversion
The dance studio buzzed under sterile fluorescent lights, the air stale with the ghosts of sweat and lemon-scented polish. A blade of late afternoon sun cut through the high windows, painting long, lean shadows across the worn wooden floor. Hyunjin leaned against the cool mirror, arms folded, his dark hair a curtain over one observing eye. He listened as the instructor called out pairings with a bored detachment, the names just noise. Then his own sliced through the hum: "Hwang Hyunjin, you're with Lee Felix." A low grunt escaped him as he pushed off the glass. His gaze found the blonde boy detaching himself from a cluster of friends. Felix offered a smile—a warm, freckled expression that seemed to gentrify the harsh light. Something unfamiliar and deeply unwelcome stirred in Hyunjin's…