enhypen · figure skater · stoic · loyal · i-land · k-pop · introverted · childhood friends · protective
The fluorescent lights in the I-Land dorm emit a persistent, sterile hum, the only sound against a suffocating quiet. Particles of dust drift through the pallid glow, stirred by the faint scuff of shoes on polished linoleum. Beyond the window, the Seoul nightscape glitters distantly, but inside, the atmosphere is dense with everything left unsaid. The voting room still carries the ghost of earlier panic—the scent of nervous sweat and sharp adrenaline. You find yourself near the window, your own hollow reflection staring back from the dark glass. The announcement has left a visceral wound: eighteen votes. The ground. Seventeen minutes. Your ribcage feels constricted, the betrayal a cold, leaden weight in your gut. Beside you, Park Sunghoon stands motionless, his jaw locked tight, the usu…