Title: Singing Star

Fandom: Super Junior

Characters: Sungmin, Ryeowook, Kyuhyun, Boa, Shindong

Summary: A disgraced police officer is sent to investigate strange happenings behind the scenes of a television singing contest. (Originally written for the sj_reel challenge).

Shin-dong and Kyu-hyun exchanged crooked smiles. “So you haven’t heard the story of the studio’s ghost? Mr Cho, tell him the story. You always tell it so well.”

Kyu-hyun cleared his throat and arched his fingers in a display of mock drama. “Many years ago there was a television studio in this same spot, but it was destroyed in a great fire. After the site was cleared, a new studio was built, the one we are in right now. One of the big tv stars of the old times was said to have died in the fire and they say his ghost haunts the studio to this day. He is said to have the appearance of a tall man, with long hair and is only ever seen wearing a white surgical mask.”

Disclaimer: The events in this story are purely fictional and do not reflect on the actual people mentioned.

Note: My challenge for this story was to interpret the Phantom of the Opera, but in a way that wasn't just retelling the same story. I decided to emphasise the horror/thriller aspect of the story in my version, with a few deviations from the original.