COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES - JAMES (CORTIS) X READER

(SIXTH MEMBER FIC)

The ground beneath your feet in this industry is made of cardboard. One day you're weeks away from a major debut-the next, your project is canceled, your team is gone, and you're left standing in the wreckage.

When twenty-year-old (Name) is thrown into BigHit Music's newest self-producing creator crew as a last-minute powerhouse vocalist, she expects rigorous corporate discipline. Instead, she walks into a room of absolute chaos: flying cider bottles, missing snack wars, and five boys who refuse to follow the traditional idol blueprint.

At the center of the circus is James. Behind a wall of pure Gen Z noise, midnight convenience store runs, and high-intensity dance collisions, a comfortable best-friendship forms. But when a fifteen-second music video teaser drops, the internet notices a high-voltage static between them that neither of them can explain.

In an industry built on strict boundaries and perfect designs, can they keep their balance, or will the lines disappear entirely?