#whca

A/N: This is kinda short and I originally planned to add a bit of spice but I had forgotten and already finished it. Sorry love. I hope you still enjoy!

Title:Outsider

Pairings: Si-eun x Fem!Reader

Warnings: none

You stood at the edge of the courtyard, hands in your pockets, shoulders tense beneath your school uniform. Technically, you weren’t a student here, but Si-eun had told you to come anyway.

“It’ll be easier if you meet them,” he’d said over the phone, voice calm and deliberate, like always. “I’ll be there.”

He kept his word.

Now you were watching him from a distance, the way he leaned back casually against the wall, unbothered—until someone called his name and a small group gathered around him. Jun-Tae was the first to arrive, his usual nervous energy buzzing around him, followed by Hyun-Tak and then Baku, whose loud voice echoed with easy confidence.

They laughed at something Baku said, and your jaw clenched.

You and Si-eun went back. Middle school. Same cram school. Same quiet bus rides home, headphones shared between you. He was never good at small talk, but with you, he didn’t need to be. At least, you thought that used to mean something.

Now? He had this… group. A found family. People he fought with, bled with. Inside jokes and bruises and bond forged through violence and trust. You weren’t a part of that. Could never be.

“Hey.” His voice cut through your spiral. You looked up.

He was standing in front of you now, hands in his pockets, head tilted slightly. His gaze flicked to your clenched fists before meeting your eyes.

“I told them you were coming.”

You didn’t answer. Just nodded, stiff.

He turned slightly, gesturing for you to follow as he walked back to the group. Every step felt heavier.

“Guys, this is my girlfriend,” Si-eun said, voice even.

The group looked you over—curious, not hostile. Jun-Tae gave a small smile. Gotak nodded once. Baku waved.

Si-eun added, “We go way back.”

You heard the unspoken part: Before all of this.

You swallowed your jealousy, your fear of being replaced.

Baku grinned, his hand coming down hard onto your shoulder, patting it several times. “Anyone Si-eun vouches for is cool with me. You fight?”

The question caught you off guard.

“…No.”

His grin widened even more, "Good. Keep it that way."

Laughter ripped through the group, not mocking—more like approval. Acceptance. Maybe even a challenge.

Si-eun didn’t smile, but he looked at you longer than he looked at anyone else.

“You’ll fit in,” he said, like it was a fact.

And for a moment, you believed him.

Yeon Si eun x fem!reader

reader has a shy character in this story

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Rain fell gently on the cobblestones of a narrow alley, blurring the orange glow of the streetlights into a trembling haze. Y/n had stopped there to adjust the strap of her bag. She had just left a late meeting at her school’s science club. Her face, half-hidden under the hood of her coat, was tense. She hated this part of the walk, this passage between damp buildings where the shadows lingered longer than the light.

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@JenniferJJacobs

The shooting happened on the level above the ballroom where the White House Correspondents Association dinner was. I don't think people hearing about this -- or even those of us in the room -- realized how far from the president, VP and other guests this incident was. It was on another floor, up some stairs and several sets of security away. Because the Washington Hilton's hotel and other public spaces were open for other functions, the entire building wasn't secured by the Secret Service, just the specific areas where the WHCA dinner was held, law enforcement officials told

@CBSNews

Ewan Palmer at The Daily Beast:

The Trump administration only provided a relatively low level of security at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where a gunman allegedly tried to kill President Donald Trump and members of his Cabinet, according to a report. The suspected gunman, identified as 31-year-old Cole Allen, stormed through a checkpoint before being taken down by armed agents outside the ballroom where Trump and other top federal officials were attending the black-tie event.

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However, no such designation was in place for Saturday’s WHCA dinner. Instead, law enforcement officials told the Post that the Secret Service considered only the ballroom and the immediate perimeter around it to be the areas it would protect on Saturday, not the entire hotel.

The incident—in which a suspect staying at the hotel, reportedly armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives, could have stormed into a room where Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and other top officials were seated—has sparked serious concerns about the lax security at the event.

A manifesto the gunman allegedly sent to his family just before he tried to carry out the attack ridiculed the “insane” lack of security at the hotel where he checked in the day before the WHCA dinner, which the president was attending. “The security at the event is all outside, focused on protestors and current arrivals, because apparently no one thought about what happens if someone checks in the day before,” he wrote. “Like, this level of incompetence is insane, and I very sincerely hope it’s corrected by the time this country gets actually competent leadership again.” Hugh Dougherty, executive editor of the Daily Beast, blasted the lack of security at the hotel after discovering he was staying in the room next to the alleged gunman.

Jason Pack, a former FBI official, also condemned how the suspect largely evaded security by simply checking into the hotel the day before the WHCA event. “He didn’t beat the security plan the night of the dinner. He beat it the day he made the reservation,” Pack told the Wall Street Journal. “They built that perimeter to stop an army. Turns out all he needed was a room key.” An unnamed D.C. government official told the Post that the annual WHCA dinner is not typically designated a National Special Security Event because the lineup varies from year to year. This year’s event was the first one that Trump attended as president.

The White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCD) event on Saturday night wasn’t given the highest National Special Security Event (NSSE) designation, and it’s because the lineup varies by year and is a one-day event.

Could Saturday night’s shooting be the impetus to add the WHCD to the the NSSE list?

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Another ceiling-breaking journalist whose quiet dedication to integrity often goes overlooked by history: meet Malvyn "Mal" Johnson.  Born in 1924 Philadelphia, "Mal" worked during WWII as an honest-to-goodness riveter, which helped to cover her undergraduate education at Temple University.  She later secured her Master's degree in Intergroup Relations and Community Dynamics from Springfield (Mass.) College, and married her childhood friend Frank Benjamin Johnson (USAF).  The couple traveled extensively due to Johnson's position, including a post in England.  Frank was tragically killed in an on-base accident at Westover AFB in 1965; following her husband's death Mal took a job with the Philadelphia Inquirer as an editor's assistant, but quickly ascended to an anchor position with WKBS (Channel 48), then an independent network.  During this timeframe she not only covered many pivotal civil rights events, but also chaired the Philadelphia chapter of the NAACP.  She also participated in hearings on employment discrimination, testifying before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Through these associations she was scouted for a job with the Cox Communications (later Cox Broadcasting Corporation) and formally joined that news organization in 1969, in part at the enthusiastic recommendation of her colleagues Jim Vance and Barbara Walters --she would remain with Cox for the next 27 years, gradually emerging as a nationally syndicated correspondent.  In 1972 she broke another barrier when she became the first Black woman to join the White House Correspondents' Association.  In 1980 she was elevated to Senior Washington Correspondent, and also served on the board of American Women in Radio and Television (AWRT).