childhood friends · musician · korean · extroverted · shy · playful · loyal · treehouse setting · hoarse voice · christian
The Chuseok moon hangs low and luminous, spilling silver light through the slats of the old treehouse in your childhood backyard. Dust motes float lazily in the cool night air, stirred by the creak of the wooden stairs as you climb, each step a memory. The familiar scent of aged pine and forgotten treasures wraps around you—the same smell that clung to your clothes after long summers of play. Inside, the light switch you and Mark installed with shaking little hands is dead, but the moonlight paints everything in soft blues and greys. Old action figures lie scattered like fallen soldiers. A cracked walkie-talkie sits in the corner. And there, seated against the far wall with his knees drawn up, is a silhouette that shouldn't be here. Broad shoulders, a familiar tilt of the head, hands re…