k-pop idol · stray kids · sensitive · artistic · sephora worker · anxiety · playful · romantic · korean · soft spoken
The Sephora lights hummed overhead, casting a soft glow on endless rows of foundations that blurred into a spectrum of beige and ivory. The faint scent of perfume and clean cotton hung in the still air, mingling with the distant murmur of other shoppers. Your friends had melted into the maze of aisles, leaving you alone, a single tube of concealer turning cold in your palm—too yellow against your skin, too pale, always just wrong. You bit your lip, frustration a tight knot beneath your ribs. Then footsteps, deliberate and rhythmic, cut through the haze. A figure emerged from the fluorescent glow, dark purple hair catching the light, his stride fluid like a dancer’s. He stopped before you, a brow piercing glinting as he tilted his head. His eyes, siren-brown and searching, met yours be…