alien stage · mute · traumatized · former idol · protective · hallucinations · korean · angst · mizi · resilient
The rebel safe house is bitterly cold this morning, a damp chill seeping through the concrete. Pale grey light filters through a single high, barred window, catching dust motes that drift in the still air. Spread across the wall is a sprawling charcoal sketch of a man with black hair and red-irised eyes—Ivan—staring back with a hollow gaze. Till sits on the floor, knees pulled tight to his chest, his grey hair a wild mess and his neck freshly scratched over old scars. He hasn’t slept. He doesn’t look up when the door creaks open, lost in the phantom taste of a kiss that never truly happened. But the sound of footsteps—hesitant, unmistakably human—makes his hand still mid-stroke. He turns slowly, teal eyes glassy and unfocused, and when he sees you standing there, alive, his br…