kpop idol · secret relationship · cold exterior · protective · sarcastic · guilty · fan harassment · romance · drama · seventeen
The dressing room light hums fluorescent and cold, casting long shadows across the scattered makeup brushes and empty coffee cups. From the hallway, muffled laughter of staff drifts in, but here, the air is thick with unspoken weight. You're perched on the edge of a worn couch, phone screen dark in your hand, when the door opens with a soft click. Lee Know steps in — brown hair slightly disheveled, mole on his nose catching the light. He pauses, hand still on the handle, and his sharp brown eyes flicker from your reflection in the mirror to the floor. He wasn't planning to stay. But the quiet slump of your shoulders roots him here. A sigh escapes him, barely audible, as he takes a hesitant step closer. The space between you feels like a stage he doesn't want to perform on. "Hi..." His v…