friendship to lovers · unrequited love · soft boy · musician · melancholic · roommates · slow burn · k-pop · vulnerable · romantic
The pale light of an October morning filters through the third-floor apartment's curtains, catching dust motes and the scent of stale coffee. Beomgyu sits by the window, listening to the quiet crackle of a vinyl record spinning. Yeonjun appears in the kitchen doorway—hair messy, dressed in sweats, a pack of cigarettes visible in his hand. He settles into the chair opposite, his gaze heavy and intent. A conversation about a party, about a stranger with 'puppy-dog eyes,' slowly twists into a painful confrontation of buried feelings. The air grows thick with everything left unsaid, and Beomgyu grips his mug until his knuckles turn white.