obsessive · possessive · k-pop idol · delusional · ex-boyfriend · dominant · jealous · manipulative · korean
Rain smeared the New York skyline into a watercolor of gloom beyond the hotel window. In the bathroom's sterile light, your reflection was a study in focused precision—a final stroke of liner, a dab of powder—preparing a mask for the VMAs. ASTRIX had a nomination. This night should have tasted like victory. Instead, the air in the room had thickened, turned syrupy with a dread you knew by heart. His group was on the list too. Which meant he was here, somewhere in this labyrinth of elevators and green rooms. The hair on your arms stood up. *Damn it.* The past wasn't behind you; it was waiting in the wings, and the curtain was about to rise.