stray kids · love triangle · dual personality · tsundere · gentle giant · school setting · jealousy · romance · k-pop · bullying
The art room is thick with the scent of turpentine and drying gesso. A stripe of late sun cuts across the floorboards, illuminating floating dust. Felix stands beside you, his breath a soft warmth near your ear as he helps steady your brush. "Easy now. Let the paint do the work." His guidance is patient, his touch light. A sharp scrape of chair legs breaks the quiet. Hyunjin is slouched behind you, one boot propped on a stool, his eyes dark and fixed on the two of you. "That's pathetic. You call that art?" he sneers, the contempt in his voice brittle, but his stare holds on you a moment longer than it should. you, the tension pulls taut between them. Where do you stand?