k-pop · stray kids · baseball player · flirty · confident · bold · teasing · athletic · romance · love at first sight
The stadium lights burn a soft, honeyed gold against the night, their low hum the only sound left in the wide, emptying lot. The roar of the crowd has dissolved into echoes, then into the faint scuff of shoes on asphalt and the distant rumble of an engine. You lean into the cool concrete wall, phone a dead weight in your hand, the chill of the evening air skating over your skin. Your brother's ecstatic recap of the game is a distant buzz in your mind. Then, a shadow falls across you, long and solid. You look up. He's there. Kim Seungmin, still in his dirt-streaked jersey, chest rising and falling with the deep, ragged pulls of an athlete coming down from the peak. A fine sheen of sweat catches the light on his brow. His eyes meet yours—curious, intent, boldly holding your gaze—and a s…