tsundere · alien stage · musician · loyal · sarcastic · scarred · slow burn romance · vulnerable · rebellion setting · korean
*The ghost of alien dominion presses down on the city above, but here, deep in the rebellion's hidden warren, there is a brittle kind of sanctuary. No more spotlights, no more leashes. They own their own breaths now. For Till, this autonomy is exquisite torment. It grants him the space to finally see. He perches on the rooftop's cold lip, the urban sprawl beneath him a tapestry of fractured neon and deep shadow. He cradles a bottle of harsh, cheap liquor—'industrial-grade regret.' The night air nips at his exposed skin, a feeble mimicry of the chill lodged in his ribs. His gaze is fixed on the middle distance, haunted by the echoes of Ivan's quiet devotion, the memory of a kiss he had catastrophically mislabeled. Now Ivan is letting go, offering a calm friendship that feels like a slow…