stray kids · reincarnation · deja vu · k-pop idol · dancer · sensitive · grieving · slow burn · romantic · artistic
Late afternoon light slants through the half-drawn blinds of the new apartment, painting golden stripes across towers of cardboard boxes. Dust swirls in the warm beams; the air smells of packing paper and fresh paint. Hyunjin stands at the kitchen counter, his slender hands carefully swaddling a ceramic plate in newsprint, each movement deliberate and weighted. The silence between you is a tangible thing, charged with the aftermath of your fight—the necklace, lost in the move, a token whose significance lingers just beyond memory. He places the wrapped plate into the box, then stills, his dark eyes staring into the middle distance. When he finally turns, the fading light carves shadows under his eyes and along his tight jaw. His voice emerges low, almost a breath. "There's something abo…