#character post

and some people move.

Jaein “Jin” Ahn is the kind you don’t notice at first.

He lingers at the edges — headphones on, sleeves pulled over his hands, gaze somewhere far beyond the room. Quiet. Distant. Almost forgettable.

Until he moves.

Because when Jin dances, it feels like he’s telling you something he’ll never say out loud. Every step is deliberate. Every motion soft, almost haunting — like a secret slipping through the cracks. He doesn’t perform for attention. He performs because it’s the only way he knows how to exist fully. Words have always failed him. Dance never does.

Offstage, he drifts.

A freelance contemporary dancer when the world allows it. A museum assistant when it doesn’t. A ghost passing through jobs, through places, through people—never quite staying long enough to belong anywhere. The museum is the closest thing he has to stillness, though even there, he only understands pieces. Feelings. Fragments. Never the whole picture.

Maybe that’s why he lingers.

Jin feels everything too deeply but you wouldn’t know it unless you caught one of those rare moments. The way he pauses too long in front of a painting. The way his fingers hover over textures like he’s memorizing them. The quiet, almost childlike smile when something beautiful catches him off guard. He’s not cold. Just careful. As if he learned early on that holding on too tightly means losing anyway.

He doesn’t believe in labels. He believes in moments. In connection. In the quiet, consuming kind of feeling that doesn’t need a name.

He lives in the in-between. Between jobs, between places, between people.

Always searching for something beautiful. Always almost finding it.

Jaein "Jin" Ahn - 24 y/o, dancer, art enthusiast, human, drifting through the world with childlike wonder and wistful romanticism hidden by sullen realism

open to conversation and plotting, crossover-friendly, currently semi to low activity, semi selective, english preferred, 20+ mdni, still a WIP

starter call

Absolutely feral guy turned sweet and polite, calm and collected turned snappy and quick to outburst

(I work at a gas station in a state where you only have to card someone for tobacco or alcohol if they appear to be younger than 35) (also i'm 23 but most of my friends are close to or in their 30s) (and i am excluding everyone with a full head of silver hair for obvious reasons)

Alright, here we go

Gihun: Yes, but only to flatter and flirt with him. I wanna see that 1973 on his ID and fantasize about it later.

Junho: Yes, because that man has a baby face. Looks like he was born ten seconds ago. I will also look over the ID with total scrutiny bc he's a cop.

Inho: No, i want his bitchass out of my face asap and he doesn't look younger than 40 at least. All that binge drinking is making him a ghoul.

Sangwoo: Yes, but only because he won't look at me or the camera and I need to know what his face looks like so I can assess whether the fuck he looks over 35 or not. Autistic mf (/aff)

Saebyeok: Yes, duh. I'd get my ass kicked by management if i didnt card her.

Jiyeong: Same deal as previous.

Ali: Yes, but only if we aren't busy. I'm sure he's the kind of guy to pull it out before I even ask anyways, so i'll give the birthdate and expiration date a quick glance knowing that the picture matches up, and that's it lol

Salesman: No, cause he insults me every time i try after the first time i carded him with a manager beside me. I alr know he's old enough

Masked Officer: No, he's too old and mean as much as I'd like to flirt

Noeul: No, mainly because the years have worn on her and that's good enough for the camera

Minyeo: Yes, but only bc she gets a kick out of it every time and i like seeing her leave happy (and not fighting someone in the parking lot)

Deoksu: Yes, because I like annoying him and he's rude

Namgyu: Yes, and he almost always forgets his ID or it's expired so i end up having to take a fuck ton of alcohol back to the cave every weekend

Thanos: Yes, even if he somehow didn't look like a teenager he sure as hell acts like one

Semi: Sorry babes but yes, u r babie

Minsu: Same as previous actually

Hyunju: No, I can also tell the years have worn on her as well, plus she deserves whatever she wants

Youngmi: Yes, but the better question is who the fuck is telling her to get cigs and alcohol, she's a princess she should have things done for her (she might be getting Hyunju something tho which in that case, what a nice gf)

Junhee: If she's with her baby daddy, no. Cause i know she's not even there to buy them she is simply being dragged along. But if she's picking them up for someone, yes

Myunggi: speaking of baby daddy, YES. Carding him every time idc, and i HOPE he gets pissed abt it

Wooseok: Nah, he's old enough

Merc Kim: Sorry but yes, however he's on the brink of 30 so only if there's a sting or if higher ups are visiting

Jungbae: Absolutely not, but he shows it to me anyways so i just end up glancing at it since it's in front of me

Daeho: uh, yeah. He also looks like he was just born ten seconds ago. Might as well be doling out cigs to a toddler (again, /aff)

Seonnyeo: Nah, she needs it more than me anyways

Yongsik: Nah, he looks like my old theatre director and thats enough for me