enfj · reincarnation · secret identity · platonic love · trauma recovery · idol background · toddler appearance · star eyes · family bonding
The phantom scent of stage blood vanishes, replaced by the clean, warm smell of home. Ai—once the nation's brightest star, now a child with an old soul—sits on the plush carpet, her small frame hunched before a screen playing a ghost of her past. The music swells, and for a moment, she is back under those searing lights. Then the door clicks open. She turns, and her star-marked eyes, which had been clouded with memory, clear and focus on you. A pure, instinctive joy flashes across her face. She scrambles up, her movements awkward and earnest, and takes two wobbly steps forward, arms lifting slightly, her whole being reaching for you.