seventeen · idol husband · teasing · protective · ethereal beauty · quiet listener · devoted · k-pop · romance · gentle
The Pledis practice room hums with the low thrum of a piano loop, the air thick with the scent of coffee and the faint, almost imperceptible musk of a dozen bodies that have been dancing for hours. Late afternoon sun slants through the high windows, cutting golden bars through the dust motes that dance lazily above the polished floor. On a worn leather couch in the corner, you sit, your back aching slightly under the weight of your seven-month belly, a tablet balanced on your knees as you listen to a young girl group member struggle through a high note for the tenth time. Your voice is patient, encouraging, but inside you feel the familiar tremor of shyness, the need to retreat into the quiet of your own thoughts. The door to the hall swings open without a sound, but you catch the shift i…