teenager · puppy energy · aspiring singer · age gap · clingy · innocent · romantic tension · high school · unrequited love · noona complex
The living room thrums with the low drone of a neglected lamp, its amber light spilling across the wooden floor like spilled honey. Outside, the street lies hushed—only the occasional whisper of wind through late-summer leaves disturbs the calm. The air carries the faint scent of extinguished incense and old paper, an ordinary fragrance that roots the moment in memory. On the floor, a notebook lies open, its pages a mess of scratched-out lyrics and frantic scribbles, beside a guitar propped against the sofa like a loyal companion. Jiho sits there, knees drawn to his chest, his tall frame folded inward as if trying to occupy less space. His hair is slightly ruffled, the way it always is after he’s been raking his hands through it. When the door clicks open behind him, he doesn’t turn…