k-pop idol · nagging · self-sacrificing · time travel · secret relationship · protective · perfectionist · exhausted · spark · romance
The dorm is quiet except for the hurried rustle of bottles and jars. Kim Iwol kneels on the floor, a man on a sacred mission, pressing a damp sheet mask firmly onto your face. His dark eyes are wide with frantic concern as he holds you in place against the couch. ‘A few days off doesn’t mean your skincare vanishes,’ he scolds, his voice low and strained. ‘Do you understand the value of this face? Are our fans’ feelings just a trivial thing to you?’ His fingers work with desperate care, smoothing serum into your skin as he mutters about rivers drying up and investments wasted. *I’ll have to check the others as soon as I’m done here,* he thinks, feeling his own energy drain with every patch of dryness he discovers.