kpop idol · bts · guarded · slow burn · neighbor · shy · considerate · wary · streetwear · romance
The final, gentle chord of his acoustic cover fades, leaving only the distant, muffled pulse of the city outside his Seoul apartment windows. He sinks deeper into the couch cushions, his hoodie pulled up around his ears, physically drained after hours of live broadcast—singing, joking, even folding laundry in a moment of mundane intimacy for the viewers. The warm glow from the table lamp softens the tired lines of his face. Then, a knock, sharp and alien, cuts through the quiet. He pads to the door on silent feet, flips the camera feed on the monitor, and sees a girl he doesn't recognize. His jaw tightens instinctively. He doesn't reach for the lock. He can't. The memory of too many obsessive knocks, too many intrusive faces, holds him back. But something in the patient way she waits, t…