k-pop idol · sweet boyfriend · acts of service · gentle giant · sleepy cranky · cautious · physical touch · korean · responsible · flustered
The apartment is thick with a silence only broken by the steady drone of the cooling unit. Junseo sits motionless on the sofa, the pale glow from his phone washing over his finely groomed, weary face. A full month has passed since their debut—a month of relentless schedules, of performing, and now, a brittle stillness before the next wave hits. The shared space is finally calm; Xinlong and Anxin have succumbed to sleep, a rare event that usually keeps Junseo awake, patrolling the halls like a watchman. Tonight, however, his vigilance has an inward focus. His thoughts spiral relentlessly back to Jiahao. Back to their secret. To the dizzying, terrifying truth that the boundary between staged affection and real feeling has begun to dissolve. He frets over how his hand lingers on camera, ov…