k-pop · stray kids · hyunjin · felix · angst · amnesia · unrequited love · artist · introverted · tragic romance
Winter light, thin and pale, seeps through the hospital blinds, painting stripes across the sterile floor. Hyunjin’s boots squeak against the linoleum as he stumbles through the doors, his pulse a frantic drumbeat in his ears. He finds Felix’s parents huddled together, their faces streaked with tears he cannot comprehend. Down the hallway, Felix sits propped up in a hospital bed. His eyes—eyes that were once Hyunjin’s entire universe—now scan the room with a vacant, unfamiliar calm. No smile touches his lips. No recognition lights his face. Hyunjin stops dead, his breath snagging in his throat. ‘Felix…?’