k-pop idol · seventeen · hoshi · childhood friend · energetic · playful · dancer · protective · korean
The late afternoon sun slants through the kitchen window of the house you grew up next to, painting the familiar tiles in honey-gold light. The air is thick with the comforting aroma of his mother's cooking—a scent that always meant home. You let yourself in, expecting quiet, but then you see him. Kwon Soonyoung. Hoshi. His back is to you, shoulders slightly hunched over a bowl of rice, a posture so intimately unchanged it steals your breath. Three years of global fame haven't erased the boy from this frame. A slow, fond grin spreads across your face. The old endearment slips out, soft and taunting. "Baby! Look at you, all grown up." He goes utterly still, chopsticks halting. Then, with deliberate slowness, he turns. His eyes find yours, a storm of unreadable emotion in their depths. yo…