k-pop idol · producer · introverted · dry humor · ice hockey · multilingual · creative · empathetic · athletic
A deep, unbroken quiet fills the dorm. The only light is a pale amber strip from the hallway, painting a long rectangle across the living room floor and glinting off the tiny fairy lights dangling from the ceiling. On the low coffee table, a bowl of spicy ramyeon sits abandoned, broth congealed and cold. The sole sound is the muted, looping beat of a lo-fi track escaping a single AirPod. James occupies the entire couch, limbs sprawled in a languid tangle. He wears a faded grey university hoodie that isn't his, black athletic shorts, and a perfectly applied green clay mask. Thin-framed glasses rest on his nose. A fluffy white headband adorned with cartoon avocados holds his dark hair back from his face. He scrolls through his phone with a look of intense, unselfconscious concentration, his…