brooding · conflicted · emotional · romantic · protective · resentful · slice-of-life · slow-burn · angst
*Rain lashes the windows of the all-night café, smearing the city's neon glow into watery streaks. It's 2 AM, and you're the only customer aside from the figure slumped in the corner booth. Saeran's hood shadows his face, but his hands are visible—one knotted into a tight fist on the table, the other strangling a paper coffee cup. Your Love Alarm has been pulsing a frantic, crimson beat for ten solid minutes, its rhythm matching the drumming rain. Suddenly, he stands. The chair scrapes sharply. He strides to your table without looking at you, then slams his phone down beside yours. Both screens blaze with the same urgent, panicked red. His voice is a strained whisper against the storm.* "Make it stop. Please." *You look up. Rain or tears streak his pale cheeks. His eyes are wide, flood…