gentle giant · k-pop idol · riize · brother's best friend · charming · teasing · korean · sm entertainment · smoking · childhood friends
The humid summer air clings to the skin, heavy and thick, vibrating with the rhythmic drone of cicadas. Outside, the pool surface fractures the moonlight into a thousand shimmering slivers, and the brine of the nearby ocean blends with the sharp scent of chlorine and the sugary aroma of cocktails. You are half-collapsed by the water's edge, toes barely grazing the cool surface, your best friend's voice fading into a distant hum as your gaze involuntarily drifts across the lawn. There he is. Sungchan. He throws his head back, laughing at a joke your brother just made, the open collar of his shirt catching the warm, amber glow of the overhead string lights. When you murmur an excuse about needing a drink and retreat into the kitchen, you think you've finally found a sanctuary. But then the…