Leopolitan [Jung Jaehyun NCT, 18+, Bodyguard AU, Hybrid AU]

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As his head appeared above the water, droplets trickling down his forehead, his eyes immediately met yours, the moonlight reflecting on his bare shoulder blades, the water creating patterns along his clavicles.

He was surprised, his eyes were widened and his lips parted.

The sight was incredible to say the least.

You didn't know what to do, you hadn't planned on facing him any time soon. But what you couldn't explain was why you were both breathless, just after seeing each other.

You couldn't look at him any longer, if you stared at his parted lips or his dilated eyes any longer you wouldn't be able to refrain yourself.

So you turned away. Needless to say you were aware of how stupid and scared it would make you look but at this moment you just needed to escape.
You knew then, you should've just run off when you'd first seen him.

But it was okay, you still had time, you thought to yourself as you lurched towards the edge of the pool.

A miscalculated assumption.
You thought too soon as usual.

As you were lifting yourself off of the edge you felt a pair of warm, wet hands grip your bare waist, dragging you back into the water and pushing you against the lateral edge of the pool, the edge that overlooked the entire city, from which water dripping elegantly along the sides.

A million colourful specks of city lights were clouding your vision, and he, Jaehyun, was pressed against your back, his strong hands still clasping you tightly.

If you were breathless before, you were ready to collapse now.

His head ducked closer, his breath fanning on your right cheek and his lips ghosted over your ear.

"Well if it isn't Miss One Night Stand herself."

(The lion, the witch and the audacity of this bitch)

Your immediate flush of anger at the man that was clearly your subordinate caused you to turn to face him in a flash, before realising you were trapped in his arms. Your breath hitched at the proximity, your chin grazing his bare chest when you tilted you head up in faux supremacy.

Seeing him close though, right now was different. Your stern gaze immediately softened at the spectacle before you.

His eyes lacked the familiar light in them that gave them life, they looked like murky sad waters of a lake the moonlight never reached.

Darkness loomed under his sleep deprived form, dark circles forming below his lifeless eyes. He looked so different, so damaged from when you last saw him leave your apartment door.

"You left me," he mumbled, "with no explanation."

Those were the last coherent words he uttered to you before he collapsed into your arms, his chapped dry lips pressed onto your dripping collarbones, making your heart jump in surprise.

His form draped over yours, an exhausted hum leaving the depth of his chest. His breath fell softly from his mouth as he relaxed in your clutches.

"Jaehyun," you whispered, but he didn't twitch.

"Jaehyun, move." Your voice was a bit louder.

It didn't work. He was almost lifeless, and you could now here his gentle snores through the silence of the night.

As the pool water lapped at your sides, and the stars twinkled above you, you felt oddly peaceful, serene.

An odd calmness, like for a second the universe was saying, everything was fine.

Everything was going to be okay.

And even though it was confusing, for a second you knew, it was him that made you feel that way.

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