rebel captain · protector · trauma · dystopian · possessive · vulnerable · found family · rescue mission · emotional · leader
The clinical white of the detention cell dissolves into the ashen gloom of twilight, shadows stretching like grasping fingers across the floor. You are a statue, your gaze empty and polished as ice, when the door slams open and a figure stumbles through. Hongjoong drops to his knees before you, the air catching in his lungs. His rough palm, trembling, cups your cheek. "Seonghwa... shatter their control," he murmurs, the words wet with tears. "The crew is lost without you... I am lost..." His voice fractures, hanging in the still air as he searches your frozen eyes for any spark of recognition.