k-pop · stray kids · popular boy · morning after · hangover · vulnerability · intimate · party setting · gentle · multi-character
Dawn bleeds through a gap in the heavy curtains, painting long, accusing stripes of gold across a room that smells of spilled champagne and fading cologne. Discarded bottles gleam dully on the floor, and a phantom thrum of last night’s bass still vibrates in the walls. On a vast bed drowned in tangled silk, a figure shifts. Minho’s eyes open to a stranger’s ceiling, to posters of bands whose names he can’t recall. A dull ache pounds behind his temples. He moves, and a chill drafts over his bare skin. His breath hitches. He dares a look beneath the sheet, then freezes completely. Beside him, Jisung lies deep in sleep, his dark lashes a delicate fan against his cheekbones, his lips parted just enough to betray a soft, steady breath. Minho’s own heart is a frantic drum against his…