hey girl, your writing is so good! heard u needed something for woojin and theres something i saw where shes cute and girly n so i hope hoping you could do something like that 😚🫶
Lip gloss on his dashboard
˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀ synopsis: A ‘pretty pink princess’ has no business lingering at a street race…but she’s here. And somehow, she ends up in Woojin’s passenger seat.
‧₊ ♪˚⊹ author notes: OMGGG IM SO SORRY YALL I FORGOT TO POST ITTTT 😭😭😭😭 this was lwk so cute and it was fun to write so i hope yall like it 🫶
The first time he sees you, you’re standing under a flickering streetlight like you took a wrong turn into the wrong world. Pink, everywhere. Not subtle at all, not ironic. Glossy lips, soft fabric, something delicate in the way you hold yourself that doesn’t match the noise of revving engines and gravel under tires. People notice. Of course they do. They always do. But not in the way you’re used to.
You don’t leave and that’s what gets him.
Most people take one look, the cars, the people, the tension in the air and they’re gone before the first race even lines up. They laugh it off later, call it crazy, something to watch from far away. Not something to stand inside of.
Even when the engines start screaming. Even when someone whistles, low and unimpressed. Even when the air smells like gasoline and something burning.
Woojin watches you the way he watches the road before a race. Quick, quiet, like he’s already decided you don’t matter.
But he notices. The way you don’t flinch. The way you don’t try to blend in. The way you look around, not lost, not scared just… taking it in.
The second time he sees you, you’re not stranded. He knows because your car isn’t anywhere near the curb this time, and you walk in like you remember the place. Like it didn’t spit you out the first time.
Someone mutters something as you pass. You ignore it. That’s new, too.
Woojin leans back against his car, arms crossed, keys spinning once between his fingers before he catches them again. He doesn’t call out to you. Doesn’t need to.
“Lost again?” he says, like it’s the most obvious explanation. Your eyes flick to him, unimpressed. “No.”
That’s it. Just that. Not defensive. Not embarrassed. He huffs out something that might be a laugh, pushing off the car. “Then you’re in the wrong place on purpose.”
“Maybe,” you say, and there’s something in your voice light, almost playful, but not stupid. Never stupid. “Or maybe you are.”
That makes him pause. Just for a second.
He shouldn’t offer. He knows that. You don’t belong in his car. You don’t belong anywhere near the line where engines redline and people stop caring about what happens after.
But you’re still there when the next race starts lining up. Still watching. Still not leaving.
He tilts his head toward the passenger side, not looking at you when he says it.
“Get in or don’t. I’m not asking twice.” Silence and for a second, he thinks you won’t.
That this is where it ends, where you finally remember what kind of place this is and step back into whatever soft, polished world you came from.
Instead, the passenger seat door opens. And then you’re there like you’ve always been there. Like you belonged in his car. Seatbelt clicking into place. A faint trace of something sweet cutting through the smell of leather and fuel. Pink against everything dark and worn and sharp.
Woojin glances at you once. Just once.
“Just don’t scream,” he says.
“Don’t scream,” he says and you don’t. Not when the engine roars to life, low at first, then rising, something alive under his hands. Not when the car lurches forward, tires gripping asphalt like it’s about to tear the road apart. Not when the world outside blurs into streaks of neon and shadow.
You just… sit there. One hand braced lightly against the door, the other resting in your lap on top of your pink purse like you’ve done this before. Like you belong in a space that was never meant for you.
Woojin notices immediately. Of course he does. Most people-if they’re stupid enough to get in, tense up, laugh nervously, say something too loud to cover the fear. They fill the car with noise.
You don’t. It’s quiet, except for the engine and the wind forcing its way through the cracks of the night. He glances at you once, sharper this time.
Still nothing. No panic. No wide eyes. No regret.
“…You always this calm?” he asks, voice cutting through the noise. You turn your head just enough to look at him, expression unreadable in the passing lights.
“Are you always this reckless?” That almost earns a real reaction.
When the car stops, it’s sudden.
The car idles, heat ticking under the hood, the world rushing back in all at once. Voices, laughter, someone shouting about the race like it mattered more than anything.
For a second, neither of you move. Then you unclip your seatbelt. No rush. No shaking hands. Just a quiet click.
“Thanks,” you say, like he just gave you a ride down the street instead of something faster, louder, sharper than anything you should’ve stepped into.
Woojin watches you reach for the door. “Why are you here?” he asks. It comes out flatter than he means it to. Not curiosity. Not really.
You pause, hand resting against the handle, but you don’t open it yet.
“Does there have to be a reason?”
“Yes.” That’s immediate. Firm. Because in his world, there’s always a reason. Money. Thrill. Escape. Something.
People don’t just show up and stay. You glance at him again, something softer flickering behind your eyes this time. Not weak just… quieter.
“I just didn’t feel like leaving,” you say. It’s not an answer. Or maybe it is, and he just doesn’t understand it.
You don’t stay in the car. But you don’t leave, either. Woojin notices that, too just like he notices everything else about you
You drift back toward the edge of everything the same place you stood the first time but it’s different now. Less like you wandered in. More like you chose your spot. Like you know exactly how close you want to be.
The next race lines up.Engines rev. People gather. Someone bumps into you and mutters something under their breath. You don’t react.You just watch.
And somehow, that bothers him more than if you’d looked scared.
You come back. Of course you do. Not every night. Not predictable. But enough that he starts noticing the pattern before he realizes he’s looking for it.
Pink, cutting through dark crowds and low headlights. Too bright. Too soft. Too wrong for a place like this.
you stay. Sometimes you talk. Sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you sit on the hood of his car like it’s yours, legs crossed, scrolling through your phone like the sound of engines screaming down the street is background noise.
The first time you leave something behind, it’s accidental.
Small. Pink. Out of place against worn leather and scratched plastic. He notices it when he’s alone. Turns it over once in his hand. Doesn’t throw it away. Doesn’t give it back, either.
“You’re gonna get bored,” he tells you one night. It’s late. Quieter than usual. The races are done, people thinning out, the energy fading into something slower, heavier.
You’re sitting in the passenger seat again, door open this time, one heel tapping lightly against the pavement.
“Am I?” you ask, not looking at him.
“Yeah.” He leans back, arms crossed, gaze fixed somewhere ahead instead of on you.
“This isn’t… your thing.” There’s a pause, you just sit there staring out the window at something unimportant.
“What is my thing?” That makes him look at you. Really look, for once. Pink. Perfect. Careful in ways he doesn’t understand. Everything about you says you belong somewhere else, somewhere softer, easier, cleaner than this.
“I don’t know,” he says. Honest.
“Maybe I need a change of scenery.”
He doesn’t respond, just starts the car.
The night it goes wrong, it’s small. Not a crash. Not a fight. Just words.
Someone laughs too loud when they see you, nudges someone else, and says it like you’re not even there.
“She gonna cry when you finally wreck that car?” Woojin doesn’t react fast enough. Maybe he doesn’t think it matters. Maybe he’s used to it. Maybe he thinks you are, too. He shrugs, like it’s nothing.
“Wouldn’t stick around long enough to see it.” It’s careless. Offhand. And the second it leaves his mouth, something shifts.
You go still. Not dramatic. Not loud. Just… still. And that’s worse.
You don’t argue, don’t make a scene. You just pick up your things, brush invisible dust from your skirt, and step back. For the first time since he met you
You don’t come back after that. Not the next night. Not the one after. The space you used to stand in feels wrong now. Too empty.
Woojin notices things he didn’t before. Like how quiet it is without your voice cutting through the noise, how the passenger seat feels off, the lip gloss still sitting in the console, untouched
He tells himself it doesn’t matter. People leave all the time. That’s how this works.
But the next time he drives, it’s different. No one in the passenger seat. No soft voice over the engine. No pink against everything dark. Just the road, just the noise.
Just him. And for the first time in a long time
it doesn’t feel like enough.
When he finds you, it’s not at night. That’s the first thing that feels wrong. No engines, no gasoline lingering in the air, no shadows to hide behind.
Everything is too bright. Too clean. You look like you belong here in a way you never did there. Soft colors, polished glass, people who don’t stare like they’re waiting for something to go wrong.
Woojin stands out immediately. He doesn’t care. His gaze finds you before anything else does. Of course it does.
You’re sitting by yourself, legs crossed, phone in your hand, looking like nothing ever touched you like late nights and gasoline and too-fast drives never happened.
Like he never happened. Something tight pulls in his chest. He walks over anyway.
You notice him when he’s already there.
There’s a flicker of surprise, quick, gone just as fast but you don’t smile.
It’s the same line he used on you. It doesn’t sound the same now.
“No,” he says. And for once, he doesn’t have something dry or detached to follow it up. He just stands there for a second, like he’s figuring it out as he goes.
“…I shouldn’t’ve said that.” Straight to it. No excuses. Your expression doesn’t change much, but your attention shifts, fully on him now.
“All of it.” That almost sounds like him again. Almost. But there’s something heavier under it.
“I don’t—” he exhales, frustrated, running a hand through his hair before trying again. “I thought you’d leave anyway.”
There it is. The truth, even if it’s not pretty.
“So you said it first,” you reply. Not accusing. Just… stating it.
A pause. People move around you, conversations blending into soft background noise. It’s nothing like the chaos you met him in, but somehow this feels just as tense.
“I was wrong,” he adds, quieter this time. That’s the part that matters.
You look at him for a long second. Like you’re deciding something.
“You don’t get to decide where I belong,” you say. It’s not sharp, not loud. But it lands, harder than he’d like.
“I know.” No argument. No pushback. Just that. And somehow, that’s what shifts things.
There’s a beat where neither of you move. Where it could end again like it almost did before.
Woojin glances away for half a second, jaw tightening like he’s debating something with himself.
Then he reaches into his pocket. Pulls something out, it glitters in the soft sunlight. He holds it toward you.
“…You left this.” The lip gloss, your favorite lip gloss. Still slightly scuffed, still completely out of place in his hand. You stare at it, then at him.
He shrugs, but it’s not dismissive this time.
“Didn’t feel right throwing it out.” Something soft flickers across your expression its small, but real.
You take it from him, your fingers brushing his for just a second. That’s all it takes. There’s a shift, its subtle, but undeniable.
“Are you gonna tell me to leave again?” you ask. There’s a hint of something there. Not quite teasing. Not quite serious.
“No.” He pauses. Then, a little more certain
“…Stay.” It’s simple. But it’s the first time he’s ever said it like that.
You don’t answer right away. You don’t have to. Because you don’t step back, either.
The kiss isn’t dramatic, it’s not rushed, not desperate. It happens in that quiet space between words, when neither of you is pretending anymore.
He hesitates just slightly before leaning in, like he’s giving you time to pull away. You don’t. It’s soft at first, careful, almost uncertain in a way that doesn’t match anything about him.
Like he’s trying to get it right. Like it matters. Your hand catches lightly on his sleeve, grounding, real. And for a second, everything else fades out. No noise, no distance, no wrong place or right place.
When he pulls back, it’s slow. Close enough that he could say something. He doesn’t. Doesn’t need to.