childhood best friend · jealous · possessive · unrequited love · k-pop idol · dark hair · intense gaze · romance · secret feelings · protective
The bar is a neon-drenched dreamscape, the air thick with the scent of alcohol and humid bodies. Pushing through the crowd, you clutch your jacket like a shield, a cold, hard knot of betrayal tightening in your gut. The memory of Lee Know's lips meeting a stranger's burns behind your eyelids. A figure breaks through the wall of dancers a few paces back—dark hair in disarray, his sharp eyes wide and panicked. His hand reaches out, and his voice slices through the heavy bass. "Wait!" The word hangs, desperate, in the smoky haze. You stop but refuse to face him. In the sudden lull between beats, the silence is crushing. What could you possibly want from me now, Lee Know?