@BCYNESS

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                        sunwoo hates this. variety shows are supposed to be a fun experience, a way to play games, promote the group’s hard work, and do embarrassing things on camera to make the nation fall in love and decide that they’re the next big thing. what sunwoo didn’t expect was to be pushed around, made fun of for his size, and generally treated poorly by the hosts. it’s a miracle sunwoo wasn’t in tears by the end, barely able to look his own members in the eye. 

                       the saving grace, of course, was the guest host- a seasoned idol, not a failed comedian. someone that sunwoo looks up to. someone that, as futile as it may have been, tried his best to make the teen comfortable. as the others are getting ready to depart, sunwoo snaps on his mask and then shyly approaches the senior, offering a polite little bow before speaking. “ hi, um . . . i just wanted to say thank you for um . . . today, you know ?? like . . . it meant a lot to me that you were being so um, so kind and . . . yeah, um, thank you .  ”

“No way, you can’t keep her from me forever!” Sunny reaches out and pinches Sammy’s cheek gently. He loves this, he loves seeing that light in Sammy’s eyes. It took so long to put anything other than misery there at all, Sunny feels so protective of that fragile notion. He thinks he has an inkling of what’s holding Sammy back, though; he can imagine that explaining his living situation and family life would be difficult. “Maybe I can take you two out instead, huh?”

“Yah! Where’s your respect!” Sunny checks his watch, then grins at Woori as he lifts the bag in hand. “I’m right on time, and I got your favorite food! Come here, how about a hug for your favorite old man?”

Fuck. Jagger sighs slowly. He looks at his hand again. “Yeah,” he finally answers, “We did.” Rubbing his face, he moves to the bed. The fact that they’re both shirtless doesn’t necessarily mean anything - until he spots a very obvious, very red hickey on Julius’ neck. Heat floods his cheeks - and his lower stomach. He is responsible for that, he has to be, but right now isn’t the time to celebrate the fact that he finally got to touch his secret crush. When he meets Julius’ eyes, he can’t help but laugh, though it’s sheepish and uncertain.

“So… Should we start planning an actual ceremony now?” he asks weakly, attempting to make a joke to lighten the mood.

              this isn’t good. it’s not that julius has never been attracted to jagger, but he’d never considered this. not as long as julius’s boyfriend is in prison, and still in prison. rock, meet hard place, because it seems in this moment that julius is being positioned to violate his personal ethics. after what happened with harvey, he swore to never cheat, but he promised himself long ago that he would never get a divorce. what the hell is he supposed to do now?

“Did I say anything? I didn’t.” Not anything that the kids could honestly pick up on. Maybe the innuendo was a little bit corny, or weird, but he’s absolutely allowed to flirt with his husband while they’re on vacation and their kids are a bit distracted with a movie. “Okay, was it that bad?”

“Oh, don’t worry about it. I’ll pay.” He never lets his little ones pay when he’s around, and he has a lot of little ones scattered about. Briefly, he considers introducing Rian to the others. They could benefit from a friend, and he could, too, but his other kids might scare the shit out of Rian. Aside from the stuff going on with his sister, he seems like a good kid with a normal life. “Just tell me what you want, I’m not picky today. I’ve been restricting myself to healthy foods for two weeks now, I need something different.”

“ babe you know he said that to terra right ? ”  “ shhh no one needs to know . ”