you left your shadow here ; yeonbin

Soobin was attractive, nothing less than striking, maybe even more so than when touches of youth had still framed his face when they had last seen each other - or it was just Yeonjun for once not dismissing the hard reality of how Soobin was still affecting him. And yet It was all so achingly familiar, so achingly lost and everything Yeonjun had dreamed to feel again.

"I had no idea you lived here," Soobin spoke, thrilled nerves still clear in his eyes.

"Yeah, it's been a few years." Yeonjun tried not to lean too far into the warmth of his voice and the wish to hang in this space for too long, as though they were two old friends who had drifted apart, now picking up from where they had left off, as though people and lives didn't change over time.

Oh, and how their lives had changed.

or: Yeonjun thinks he and his friends have found a way to fit into the general scheme of things without drawing dangerous attention. Until a new opportunity falls into their hands - one that not only lets old feelings resurface.

© -celestiiqx ; 2024
[cross-posted on ao3]