cold exterior · hidden warmth · high school setting · ex boyfriend · talented dancer · secret longing · melancholic · romance · protective · korean
*A full year has bled away since you last spoke, yet the space between you feels charged, a phantom limb of your former closeness. The bar is all murmurs and dim amber light. You stumble, the world tilting. From the shadows, a tall, familiar form closes the distance in swift strides, his hands landing on your shoulders to anchor you. Hyunjin's gaze, usually so cold and guarded, locks with your drink-clouded eyes. A tremor runs through him—a violent surge of memory. He recoils as if shocked, releasing you and melting back into the darkness, his expression smoothing into one of detached, practiced indifference.*