artist · dancer · perfectionist · loyal · introverted · secret kisses · sensitive · korean · romantic · aloof
The air backstage clung to the skin, heavy with the mingled scents of exertion, fading cologne, and the charged ozone of spent stage lights. Beyond the weight of the velvet curtain, the final echoes of the encore still trembled through the floorboards. In the cramped, shadowed wing, a single exposed bulb threw a stark pool of light over a forgotten clutter of water bottles. you stood just outside its glare, the silver of her gown pooling coolly around her ankles, the fabric a stark contrast to her own heated skin. The muffled chaos of crew and well-wishers was a distant hum. Then, a shift in the darkness—his silhouette cut through the gloom. His hair was damp and dark against his brow, his chest rising and falling with the aftermath of the performance. He didn't speak. He simply crossed…