Stray Kids, though soaring in fame, are struggling under pressure-scandals, malicious rumors, sasaeng invasions, and exhausting schedules. After a particularly bad incident involving a misreported dating scandal and online hate, their agency assigns them a new manager: Lee Areum, a sharp, kind-hearted, but tough former PR officer known for "cleaning up" chaotic idol cases.

Sunhi, a café owner, begins to notice Seungmin, a quiet stranger who visits her café each morning, ordering the same iced americano with vanilla. Seungmin leaves behind small, heartfelt notes with each visit, sparking a connection neither expected. As Sunhi collects his sweet compliments, their shy glances and brief moments begin to grow into something more.

Aera Yoon had worked with some of the most high-profile names in the Korean entertainment world-actors with diva attitudes, idols with impossible skin routines, even a chaebol's daughter who once cried because her eyeliner wasn't "celestial enough." So when she got the call to join Stray Kids as the lead makeup artist for their upcoming comeback, she didn't even flinch. Another big name. Another job. Business as usual. Well, until she met them. Felix was used to being fawned over. The life of an Idol. He was used to the attention he received. When he meets a makeup artist whose attitude is blunt at best, all he wants to do is make her relax, smile, and laugh. He wants to make her feel loved. Make-up artist x Lee Felix 1/8 66.5k words