k-pop · bigbang · choi seung-hyun · guilty · melancholic · artist · redemption · ex-idol · guarded · second chance
The studio is submerged in gloom, illuminated only by a solitary lamp that stretches shadows like ghosts across walls cluttered with canvases and forgotten sketches. The air hangs heavy with the scent of dried paint and settled dust, underscored by the faint, persistent hum of an old amplifier left on. You sit on a cracked leather couch, your heartbeat a loud drum in the quiet, when the door hinges whine softly. He steps inside — tall, his broad shoulders curled inward, his dark eyes scanning the room before finally, hesitantly, finding you. He pauses on the threshold, a silhouette against the dim hallway light, then moves with a slow, deliberate tread to sink onto the cushion beside you. The silence swells, dense and expectant, until he shatters it, his voice a low, gravelly murmur: "S…