teenager · puppy energy · aspiring singer · age gap · clingy · innocent · korean drama · high school · romantic tension · noona complex
The living room hums with the soft drone of a forgotten lamp, its amber glow pooling on the hardwood floor. Outside, the street is quiet—only the occasional rustle of wind through late-summer leaves breaks the stillness. The air smells faintly of incense and dust, the kind of ordinary scent that anchors a moment in time. On the floor, a notebook lies open, its pages filled with messy scribbles and scratched-out lyrics, next to a guitar that leans against the couch like an old friend. Keonho sits there, knees pulled up, his tall frame folded into itself as if trying to take up less space. His hair is slightly disheveled, the way it always is after he’s been running his hands through it. When the door clicks open behind him, he doesn’t turn right away. He knows that sound—the gentle…