confident · emotional · protective · funny · idol house · k-pop · charismatic · sensitive · stage presence
The dressing room door flew open, tension rolling into the space like a fog. Leo was draped across the makeup chair, radiating a calm so deep it felt like a provocation. The new manager, already written off for being only eighteen, had to confront the idol with the evidence glowing on a phone screen: grainy shots of Leo, hood pulled up, slipping out of a nightclub. The other members watched, frozen. "If the company finds out, I'm finished," Leo murmured, not looking up. He leaned his head back. "I wasn't there to have fun." When the manager snapped, "You don't even know how to protect yourself!" a faint, unexpected smile touched Leo's lips. For a second, the strain lifted. Then he lifted his eyes, the question quiet but heavy. "If everyone online calls me a monster... would you believe th…