Giselle from aespa has a younger brother the world was never supposed to know about. Y/N lives quietly as a university student and part-time café worker, keeping his life far away from the idol industry-even though SM Entertainment once offered him a path inside. He refuses fame. He refuses attention. He just wants to live normally. But inside SM, he's already family. aespa treats him like a younger brother they never had the chance to protect publicly. And then there's Ian-a rookie idol from HEARTS2HEARTS-who meets him by chance at a café. At first, he's just a quiet barista. Then a mystery inside SM. Then someone who dances like he was never meant to stay invisible. And the more Ian learns about him... the harder it becomes to ignore him. A slow-burn K-pop romance about silence, distance, family, and the people who find you even when you try not to be seen.

Karina finds herself in a compromising situation that could end her career. Her manager pushes her into a contract marriage with a man she barely knows. Will their arrangement remain professional, or will something deeper develop?

Around Christmastime, Winter from aespa meets a quirky candymaker from Mexico who has opened a shop in Seoul. Together they learn that not everything in life is sweet.

Ningning meets an indigenous Mexican with whom she explores love and the meaning of life.

Aeri (Giselle) meets a flower shop owner who helps her explore the complexities of being mixed race. Together, they may find love if they can learn to forgive.

"Every song she performs... might already be connected to him." A long-lost connection. A hidden legend behind the industry. A voice she keeps hearing without knowing why. He was never supposed to be seen - only heard. She is an idol shining under global lights, while he exists in the shadows shaping the very stages she stands on. When Ningning starts noticing a familiar producer tag hidden inside songs and choreography she performs, memories she buried begin to resurface. But the industry doesn't welcome ghosts from the past. Especially not ones that shape the present. And especially not when someone else wants to control the future she belongs to.

"She lived in the spotlight. I came from the shadows. Neither of us knew how to ask for help-until we saw each other." - Y/N was once the golden boy-top of his class, destined for something great. But life unraveled too fast; burnout, depression, and a quiet collapse that left him clinging to the edges of survival. Now, with hospital bills piling up and no real options left, he lands the most unexpected job of his life, assistant manager to one of the most famous girl groups in Korea, aespa. The girls are everything the world wants them to be-beautiful, talented, untouchable. But behind the lights, they're barely holding on. The pressure, the endless schedules, the constant scrutiny, it's taken a toll. Especially on Kim Minjeong, the group's quietest member, who sees more than she says and feels more than anyone knows. As Y/N navigates the chaotic world of K-pop management, he finds himself drawn into something deeper than just a job. Behind every stage light and camera flash, there's a story no one sees. And maybe, just maybe, he's not the only one trying to remember how to feel again. A slow-burn, emotional journey of trust, healing, and the quiet moments that change everything. -

Aeri's life is a mess. Her on-again, off-again situationship just ended for the thirtieth time. Her boss just assigned her an article about OnlyFans creators. And her new neighbour? He's exactly the kind of distraction she never thought she needed. Book One of "I'm The Drama" series. ©Ms_Liz_Steele

"Living on a completely different frequency." By day, seventeen-year-old Kim Y/N is just a regular guy with a messy, highlighted middle part trying to secure a stable job. When he lands an interview to become the new junior manager for his chaotic older sister Winter's group, aespa, his world completely flips. The biggest surprise? Meeting the group's ethereal leader, Karina-his long-lost childhood best friend who vanished into the idol world years ago. By night, the quiet day worker disappears. Behind the wheel of his satin-charcoal Scion FR-S, Y/N is an elite, highly skilled driver ruling the underground Midnight Club street-racing circuit. As the high-stakes pressure of the K-pop industry threatens to pull them under, they find solace away from the blinding cameras, flashing stages, and public scrutiny-hiding in plain sight, and completely content to live their real life in the shifting shadows.

Y/N: A talented idol and producer/lyricist, striving to make a name for himself in the grueling world of K-pop. When a chance encounter with aespa's leader, Karina, sparks an unexpected connection, his heart-and career-are set on a whirlwind of emotions. Karina: The epitome of perfection-the "it girl" and AI goddess of SM and aespa. Driven, ambitious, and always at the top of her game, she never lets anyone see her vulnerabilities... until Y/N enters her life, turning her world upside down. Two stars from different worlds. Two hearts on a collision course. Will their connection survive the chaos of the idol industry, or will the pressures of fame tear them apart? New to writing but please give me constructive criticism! Thank you!