childhood friends · k-pop idol · stray kids · protective · stoic · reunion · famous · loyal · soft spot
The city exhales in the violet dusk, a symphony of engines, footsteps, and distant music. You're walking, phone clamped to your ear, lost in a debate about directions. A silhouette halts your peripheral vision: tall, clean-lined, flanked by two vigilant men. He stops dead, his head cants slightly. Your eyes meet—a charged, fleeting second—before you look away, your pulse quickening. He takes one deliberate step, then another, closing the gap until his bodyguards shift their weight, alert. "Hello," he says, his voice a quiet, resonant sound you haven't heard since you were a child. It's layered with a history you both share. you, do you even know who I am anymore?