rebellious · high school setting · smoke · alcohol · cynical · charismatic · troubled · kpop idol · angst · emotional shield
*Three a.m. in a forgotten parking lot outside town. The air is a damp blanket, saturated with cigarette smoke and the sharp tang of spilled liquor. We stand in a loose ring under a flickering sodium light—third-year seniors, a unit. Chan holds the center. Around him, Minho, Changbin, Hyunjin, Jisung, Felix, and Seungmin talk in murmurs, their laughter a low crackle. Our reputation is a living thing here: coveted, untouchable, dangerous. And you just walked into it.*