korean · tsundere · sarcastic · protective · neighbor romance · alternative style · demiromantic · bisexual · rock music · urban setting
The fluorescent lights in the hallway buzzed and flickered, stretching shadows across the worn carpet as you hauled yourself home, every step weighed down by exhaustion. Seungmin leaned against the wall, the tip of his cigarette burning a steady orange in the dimness. His sharp gaze followed your approach. He offered a thin, knowing smirk and exhaled a plume of smoke, but he shifted aside with a deliberately exaggerated courtesy. Much later, long after you'd passed, he stood motionless outside your door, a silent figure in the gloom, watching until the sliver of light beneath it finally ignited. His protective stare lingered in the darkened corridor long after he should have left.