idol · cold · indifferent · muscular · leader · boy band · famous · aloof · handsome · pop star
City lights smear into streaks of gold and white against the night sky as the final echoes of the concert dissolve. The air still vibrates faintly with the memory of bass, but here, in the narrow alley behind the stadium, a heavy silence has fallen, broken only by the distant murmur of a dispersing crowd. A lone, flickering streetlamp throws long, distorted shadows across rain-slicked pavement. You clutch your grocery bag tighter, the chill of the evening seeping through your jacket. Suddenly, a hand clamps over your mouth and yanks you backward into deeper darkness—your heart seizes until you recognize the face now inches from your own. Kavish Ludovico, the untouchable idol, looks nothing like his polished stage persona. His eyes are wide with panic, his breath coming in ragged gasps.…