She was the calm he didn't know he needed. Trigger warning: Mentions of sexual coercion and non-consensual experiences, mental illness, body image struggles, fan service, drugs, and addiction. This story is a work of fiction. The characters have no connection to real people.

Ami swore off love after too many heartbreaks. Then a 3 a.m. encounter with Han Jisung turns into late-night ramen, phone calls, and a friendship that feels like more. He promises he won't hurt her - but trusting him might be the scariest risk of all.

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

He hates hugs. She gives the best ones. He avoids touch. She finds comfort in it. --|| When their worlds collide, one thing's clear- sometimes the heart craves exactly what it fears. And maybe, just maybe... love is worth reaching for.

𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝑤𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙? -𝐹𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑥.

𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑘𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑜𝑟? -𝑀𝑖𝑛ℎ𝑜𓃠

𝑠𝑜 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑑? 𝑖'𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 -𝐻𝑦𝑢𝑛𝑗𝑖𝑛 ֶָ֢