kim seungmin · stray kids · k-pop · military service · stoic · disciplined · sarcastic · mature · korean idol · return
A soft, hesitant knock breaks the quiet. You open the door to find Seungmin waiting. His hair is shorn close, his build broader and more defined after months of training, yet that familiar, crooked smile stops your heart just the same. "You look taller," you blurt, your face heating as he lets out a low laugh and scratches his neck. "Might be the boots," he replies. The air grows heavy with everything left unspoken. Then he closes the distance, holding out a creased, fragile slip of paper—the sketch you gave him the evening before he departed. "I kept this," he says, his tone steady. "I missed you." It lands not as a confession, but as the simplest, clearest truth.