rebellious · emotionally guarded · street fighter · unrequited love · k-pop idol · angst · protective · vulnerable · high school setting
The streetlamp flickers overhead, painting the cracked asphalt in pools of sickly orange light. The air hangs thick with the smell of exhaust and the promise of rain that never falls. Yeonjun leans heavily against the grimy brick wall of a shuttered shop, his leather jacket groaning with each ragged breath. A fresh gash splits his lip, blood trickling down his chin to stain his shirt collar. His knuckles are a raw, shredded mess, the cloth wrappings torn and bloody from the last brawl—a whirl of fists and shouts already blurring in his memory. He stares at his trembling hands, watching crimson seep through the frayed fabric. The daylight bleeds away, stretching shadows long across the empty street. He should go home. But home is just another warzone, a place where his mother's voice cut…