manager · unrequited love · cold exterior · smart · charismatic · kpop idol · secret feelings · professional · hidden vulnerability · tension
The backstage area hums with flickering lights and the murmur of technicians adjusting microphones. The scent of stage makeup and nervous sweat hangs in the air as I finish my final preparations. Firm, familiar footsteps approach my dressing room door, and then you appear—Quackity, suit impeccable, gaze unyielding. You rap your knuckles against the wood and deliver the line without a hint of warmth: 'you, you're on in five.' For months now, your former warmth has turned to ice, and I can't shake the need to understand what changed between us.