Stay Strong Seventeen

Jeongcheol 🤍 part 1

Jeonghan Panic Attack
Seungcheol confessed love
Jeongcheol couple 🤍

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His heart was pounding and racing inside his chest. He had chills going all over his body, sweat forming on his forehead as he held the fabric around his chest tightly.

Jeonghan sat on the bathroom floor panting heavily trying to regulate his heartbeats and waiting for this attack to pass.

He felt all cold and alone, he hated being overwhelmed with everything that's been going on. He hated being weak and vulnerable in times like these, he's been tired recently and so overwhelmed with the many flashlights, the late practices and performances and he's been falling behind.

It's safe to say that nobody knew about his condition. It didn't happen a lot but when it did, it was bad and recently was getting worse. It's been taking him longer to calm his breaths down and get back on his feet.

He wished he could have someone with him right now because this one was really bad, his lips trembled and shivers took over his thin body and he didn't know that he's wish was about to come true because for the first time in never, he forgot to lock the door.

Seungcheol was looking for him, Jeonghan's been gone for a while and he was waiting for him so they could wrap things up and go home. It was already too late, 3am in the morning and they've been up since 4am the day before and they really needed to get going.

Seungcheol simply walked in on him.
It was by mere coincidence, his eyes landed on Jeonghan on the floor. His knees against his chest struggling to breathe. He was shocked « JEONGHAN ? » he called his name and immediately kneeled to his side trying to take a look at his face

Jeonghan didn't flinch, Seungcheol's presence was weird but comforting. He loved having someone by his side for once. He tried to look up at him, his eyes tired and tears about to fall
"What is it what's wrong?" Seungcheol asked urgently looking for an answer holding a trembling Jeonghan by the shoulders

"I ... c-cant b-breathe" he mumbled under his ragged breaths.
Seungcheol knew, this was definitely a Panic Attack but what he didn't know was, since when Jeonghan's been having panic attacks?

He simply took him in his arms and tried to calm him down ... no questions asked.
"Breathe Hannie it's okay just follow me" ... "Yeah that's it" ... "You're okay, I'm here"

Jeonghan tried to breathe deeply, he felt safe in Seungcheol's arms, he loved the way he secured him in his arms and helped him regulate his breaths.
He inhaled and exhaled tiredly over the leader's shoulder, taking in his scent and perfume so fresh and soothing.

It took him sometime but Seungcheol's presence made him much better, his heart raced but ... in another way. He leaned into the older and felt him as he brought him closer.
He was doing better but he was also really tired. He clutched inti Seungcheol's arm and tried to stand up with his help

"Han?" He looked up to meet Seungcheol's worried eyes "For how long?" Jeonghan looked away "A while" ... "But please, don't tell them I don't want to burden them" he pleaded with teary eyes

"I'm not letting this slide Han" he was worried about him, Seungcheol never saw Jeonghan this way and it broke his heart. His crush was living in pain he knew nothing about and he wondered just how much more he was hiding.

Jeonghan slowly walked out the bathroom with Seungcheol by his side still clutching on his arm.
"I'll be fine, just need to get home and rest for a while" Jeonghan explained when Seungcheol asked one more time.

The ride home was quiet and Seungcheol didn't break his promise, he didn't tell anyone but he was surely wasn't going to let it go.

They reached home and everything was almost as normal as it could get. Jeonghan took a quick shower and couldn't even look at his reflection in the mirror, too tired to even care. He finished quickly and simply flopped on his bed.