written for the picture perfect writing contest, with prompt #9 and challenge #7. i actually don't know if this counts as 'shipless', but it is mostly jaebeom's own self-reflection and character study, so...?

the italicized quotes come from the song if winter ends by bright eyes, and the vibes of the story were highly inspired by toasa no fuchi, the famous sashikizu iwaoi doujin that makes me yearn insanely for something i don't even know. check those out if you're interested!

(ao3 saw it first, but they saw a shipful version)