These parties were dull as ever. They were two hours into this wine tasting night and a younger Kyungsoo would be feeling the first wave of boredom by this time and desperate for a way out. Luckily for everyone, the current day Kyungsoo was far better at concealing his emotions behind a smile and had at least three more hours left in him. The abundance of expensive alcohol being offered around by the caterers also helped. Kyungsoo allowed himself two glasses of wine, which was just enough to put a little warmth into his eyes and make it easier to laugh at all of the rich aunties’ awful jokes.
Everything was going smoothly and Kyungsoo basked in the comfort of routine. This charming, dutiful grandson role was one familiar to him and a predictable party was exactly what he needed to get back into the swing of things-
A waft of lavender brushed past his skin, the scent was faint but it hit Kyungsoo harder than the most pungent perfume and triggered a memory that he had managed to keep buried for the past five years.
Please, no. He whipped around - his body moved of its own accord before his mind could command it to run in the opposite direction. Why now? His fingers slowly clenched into fists as his eyes focused on the owner of that sweet lavender scent. Oh Sehun, why?
tw; obsessive thoughts, some casual swearing
The young man was talking to one of the caterers with a sheepish smile, eyes sparkling under the chandelier lights. He had a glass in his hand half full of red wine and the faintest rosiness to his cheeks that Kyungsoo wanted to lean in and just touch. The past five years turned Oh Sehun from an attractive teenage boy to a handsome young man. The look in his eyes, however, was the same - still innocent, still mischievous...still the person Kyungsoo saw in both his daydreams and nightmares.
Kyungsoo clutched his fists tighter until he felt his own nails digging into the soft padding of his palm. It hurt, but not as much as the call of this fucking siren song did. Kyungsoo’s kryptonite was literally standing less than two meters away and he could ruin everything.
“Not this time,” he whispered quietly to himself as he turned around. It took a decent dose of will power but Kyungsoo managed to make himself walk away. He excused himself to the guests, trying to keep himself together even though inside he was a jumbled mess. “Just walk the fuck away, Do Kyungsoo. You don’t need to think about him anymore.” But he really couldn’t help it. Even useless little details seem to linger when Oh Sehun was involved. For examine, his lavender scent was more sugary than most of the other people’s lavender scents. It was strange, but Kyungsoo had a theory it was because the other consumed so much milk tea-
Rain hit him, icy cold and refreshing. Kyungsoo didn’t even notice that he made it outside. Thinking about Oh Sehun sometimes made him lose track of time as well as space and he really, really wanted it to stop. He took a deep breath, letting the sound of rain push aside his obsessive thoughts and slowly return his mind to a state of calmness.
Hello friends, Muffin reporting to Rookies with my first and probably only muse. I will give y’all a brief summary about him and then under the cut, I’ll be providing some plot ideas. I’ve arranged the plot ideas from the good, the bad, the ugly and the truly atrocious. The number of trigger warnings may increase as the list goes on and if you are uncomfortable at any point, just stop scrolling. Please IM me for plots. I have a twitter @_mafiosoo but I am faster on tumblr.
✧ Nov 16th, 1998 (I decided to age him up a bit)
✧ Born to teacher father and stay-at-home mother. While his parents are unremarkable in their achievements, Kyungsoo’s grandfather with the last name of Lee is the CEO of a successful jewelry company. His business is expanded to other parts of Asia and specializes in jade. Kyungsoo’s grandfather is a very traditional man and valued sons over daughters. Unfortunately, his wife gave him no sons and instead, three daughters. The youngest daughter was disowned for getting herself pregnant young, the eldest daughter was an ambitious woman who made a name for herself and the middle daughter/Kyungsoo’s mother was the sweet one who wanted to marry. Since grandfather had no sons, he values his grandsons very much and Kyungsoo has never lacked for money. However, he would rather spend what’s his and not what’s given to him. One day, Kyungsoo hopes to build his own business empire - one even greater than his grandfather’s.
✧ Key personality traits: Ambitious, decisive, charismatic (when he wants to be), perceptive, meticulous, distrusting, insincere, persistent and possessive.
✧ Timeline information under the cut due to the abundance of trigger warnings.
✧ Quirks: sensitive to scents (please tell me what your character smells like when we role play I mean this in the least creepy way possible), fluent in Korean and Chinese (Mandarin), intermediate in English, plays violin, taps his fingers on the table when he’s anxious, high alcohol tolerance, doesn’t take heat well, cannot swim, is insecure about his height, excellent driver
tw: dietary restrictions, violence, obsession, stalking, blackmail...I don’t know if I am missing anything, please let me know.
Crossed out plot ideas are taken!
✧ Ages 0 - 15: Really good student, never made his parents worry about him for anything. He was legit the type of kid who’d get up in the morning by himself and make his own overly healthy breakfast + lunch. Straight As, participated in school clubs and never allowed himself to indulge in anything he shouldn’t. Did not mix with those popular kids and mostly made friends with smart people. Was likely not bullied because even though he’s a small guy, he’s got a lot of intensity. If a kid tried to grab him by the collar in public, he’d grab the kid back in the throat in private.
✧ Ages 15 - 19: High school was going smooth at first. By this point, Kyungsoo was on his second girlfriend and on the student council. He was exactly where he wanted to be in life and would have continued enjoying himself if it wasn’t for the appearance of that person. Obsession was a dangerous hole to fall into and the more he tried to crawl out, the deeper he sank. His parents eventually saw the hundreds of sketches he drew of that person and forced him to go to China and finish high school there.
✧ Ages 19 - Current: Kyungsoo is back in Korea and feeling in control again. He’s in college, back to being his model student self. He helps out grandfather in his spare time and plays the dutiful grandson. He is pretty sure at this point when grandfather finally kicks the bucket, he and his cousin will both get a decent sum.
Plot ideas
The Good:
✧ Family relationships: Kyungsoo is an only child but I am open to him having cousins on both sides of his family. If you choose mother’s side, you will have to share my grandfather Lee plot and go to those annoying rich people parties with Kyungie. 2/2
✧ Positive influence: Someone my hardass of a son can actually look up to. I am looking for someone who is really successful in one aspect of their life and has a gentler personality. Maybe your character sings really well or dances beautifully. Either way, something caught Kyungsoo’s attention and he actually admires this person. He will be somewhat willing to listen to this person’s advice and rely on them a bit emotionally. 0/1
✧ Friends! I am so new that Kyungsoo literally doesn’t have friends right now. Somebody come and help me out here. I gotta at least have SOMEONE to call if Ksoo ends up passing out somewhere. I am hoping he can have some friends from his past and some friends from now. I am also interested in the idea of a trio, like, three really good friends that were always together. Maybe one knows why he was sent to China and one is completely oblivious.
✧ Tutees: Kyungsoo tutors on the side to make some extra $$$ to fund his appetite for expensive watches. He can tutor your character or your character’s siblings and they can get to know each other this way. 2/2
✧ It starts with an accident - your character or my character accidentally hit/cut/somehow hurt the other person. A friendship could blossom from this?
The Bad:
✧ Remember earlier when I talked about a kid who tried to grab Kyungsoo by the collar and he grabbed that guy back in the neck? Anyone wants to BE that kid? They could have had a lot of past issues and can try to resolve them now. Or maybe the past problems will continue forever and turn into a feud.
✧ It was supposed to be a casual hook up but your character ended up having some feelings and this relationship won’t end well.
The Ugly:
✧ Current obsession: Kyungsoo was obsessed with someone in the past and after a few years in China, he feels like he is okay now. Jokes on him though because I am 100% willing to let him slide back into the hole and get the same sort of feeling towards someone new. I prefer a girl for this role.
✧ Mutual sin: Someone who knows about Kyungsoo’s past obsession and probably the only one besides his folks that actually knows who the object of Ksoo’s psychotic love is. Kyungsoo can know something bad about this person too and they can mutually blackmail each other.
The Truly Atrocious:
✧ The Past Obsession: Of course he’s not over it. He doesn’t see his fault as much as he sees what happened as the other person’s fault. The reason I want to put this in the truly atrocious section is because unlike the current obsession, Kyungsoo harbors some resentment towards this person. He feels like this person made him leave Korea and this person made him crazy. That said he also really liked this person before. In the beginning, his affection was probably pure and he’d just want to stay close to the person without talking to them. Then eventually the stalking, lusting and drawing stuff happened. It’s good Kyungsoo went to Korea because otherwise, I have no idea how things would have ended. I prefer a guy for this role because Kyungsoo’s parents would have panicked harder.
if your life was a movie, what would be the title of the movie and who else would star in it?
“I don’t know about a movie, if anything, it’ll probably be a documentary.”
“About the ongoing struggles of Do Kyungsoo and how he ended up in prison. People would probably watch it curled up on their couch with their friends or lover, ready for a good scare.”
tw; implied crime (unspecified)
Like all documentary, it would probably start with an introduction of him. They’d talk about how he was born into a wonderful, loving family to parents who wanted nothing but a happy life for him. They’d talk about his successes - all the achievements he’d managed in the past and all of the ones he could have gotten if he just chose against the path of crime.
They’d talk about the first time he saw Oh Sehun, or really, Kyungsoo would talk about the first time he saw Oh Sehun and where all of the obsession begin. Maybe they’d insert a clip or two of his mother crying, telling them that she suspected something all along and was sorry she couldn’t help.
For dramatic effect, perhaps they wouldn’t talk about how he spent five years in China and tried so hard to not think about the object of his obsession. After all, documentaries about true monsters sold a lot better than ordinary struggling humans who wanted to be good but failed. For shock factor, maybe they’d skip right to the crime scene and detail exactly how messed up it was-
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Alright, stop.
This type of thinking wasn’t helping Kyungsoo with his mental health. After all, he’d just come back from China and so far, only had one run in with Oh Sehun which ended…fine. The other was an idol now and that fact helped Kyungsoo more than people could imagine because it made him hyper-aware of everything that was at stake. Reputation was everything for both of them and there was a long way to fall. Sure, his obsessive tendencies were peeking out from around the corners and just waiting to catch him off guard, but Kyungsoo also wanted to change.
Nothing was too late and he had time plus awareness on his side.
He could be Oh Sehun’s friend. He could try to see the other as someone he just wants to take care of - be the cute hyung Sehun kept on addressing him as. If that won’t work, then he could always leave again. As much as Kyungsoo would hate to leave Korea and everything he built here, he was also aware of the fact that he’d end up with nothing if his sanity collapsed.
So instead of thinking about a documentary about a criminal, perhaps Kyungsoo should think more positively and hope for a documentary on a multi-billionaire CEO with a beautiful wife and two kids.
