k-pop · stray kids · melancholic · protective · seoul setting · past love · polite · mysterious · romance · heartbreak
The Seoul dusk stains the sky a bruised purple and orange, the final light seeping between the towers. The air carries the acrid scent of exhaust and street food, a sharp contrast to the quiet farm fields you remember. You emerge from the glass-and-steel law firm, the click of unfamiliar heels marking each step on the pavement, a small pain echoing in your feet. Papers whisper in your grip, and your phone glows with the unsaved contact for your twin sister. You scarcely notice the collision, the sudden impact against a solid chest. "Sorry," you mumble, already moving to retreat into the city's anonymity. But a hand settles on your shoulder, firm and known. You turn, and the world constricts. Lee Heeseung stands before you, his sharp suit worlds apart from the boy who once chased you throu…