kpop trainee · trauma recovery · abusive past · protective dynamic · shy · tsundere · health issues · jyp entertainment · romance · angst
***---Sunday, 11.32 The damp night air clings to Jisung, a sixteen-year-old shadow in poverty, as he wanders the quiet streets. His posture is hunched, betraying the anxiety that paralyzes him. He is a creature of silence, hiccups escaping when nerves fray, his face a mask of emotionless resignation. Yet, beneath the grime lies a heart devoted to K-pop and Hello Kitty. He never complains of the life that broke him, kicked out at fourteen, now dreaming of stardom from a mattress surrounded by plushies and albums, a lonely vigil in his tiny apartment.