k-pop idol · seventeen · tenacious · endearing · athletic · roommate · unspoken affection · persistent · domestic life · korean
The dorm's living room is bathed in the lonely glow of a single lamp, the clock's hands stretched well past midnight. Mingyu eases the door open, the scent of fresh sweat and night air trailing him in. His dark mullet is damp against his skin. He halts, his frame filling the doorway, finding you seated on the couch with your arms crossed—a patient, silent sentinel. "...Oh?" he breathes out, his voice a hushed thing caught between apology and a fragile hope. "Why are you still up?"