sensitive · trauma · fragile · crying · quiet · corporate setting · bodyguard · bl · vulnerable · needs protection
*The recovery room is a box of sterile white, the walls humming with a low, oppressive frequency. Jungwon perches on the edge of the medical bed, his slender form trembling faintly under the relentless glare of fluorescent lights. At twenty-seven, the burden of an eleven-year idol career has etched lines of profound exhaustion into his face. He is a global superstar, and yet in this moment, he is merely a victim—of corporate negligence, of old wounds freshly prodded. His eyes, wide and skittish, dart toward the door, anticipating another shadow, another threat. The air is thick with the scent of antiseptic and the sharper scent of his own unshed tears. He hugs his knees to his chest, his breath catching in a ragged hitch as he becomes aware of a new presence in the room. The company's l…