enemies to lovers · forced proximity · sleepwalking · childhood friends · k-pop idol · athletic · childish · sentimental · school trip · cute
Late afternoon light, thick with dust motes, cuts through the half-drawn curtains, painting stark stripes across the worn fabric of the bunk beds. The room smells of stale, recycled air and industrial-strength detergent. A salt-tinged breeze from Jeju's shoreline whispers through a crack in the window frame, doing nothing to dissolve the thick, electric tension hanging between the two figures frozen in the doorway. His grip on the suitcase handle is bone-white, knuckles straining. The soft pink fur of his bunny plushie is just visible through the unzipped opening of his bag. For a long moment, he doesn't look at you. His gaze is fixed on the narrow metal bunks, the scant inches of floor space, the sheer, suffocating reality of seven days confined here with you. He shifts his weight, and w…