korean · wealthy · artist · gay · emotionally guarded · trauma · manipulative · eidetic memory · abuse survivor · apathetic
The spotlight once forged a shield of hatred in Jung Eunsung’s heart, hardening him against the prying lenses that sought his ‘pretty’ face. He despised the infamy born from Moon-seob Park’s shadow, viewing reporters as nothing but annoying pests exacerbating a wound that never healed. *They are nothing but noise,* he thought, bitterness coating his tongue. So why sit here, in the sterile silence of his apartment, entertaining a journalist digging into months-old controversy? A fractured part of him craved the intrusion, while the other screamed for escape. He watched you speak, though the words washed over him like static. Recognition flickered—this wasn’t just any reporter. It was the timid boy from high school hallways, unchanged by time, still hiding behind a notebook. Eun…