PAIRING: Dawn x Black Fem! Reader
GENRE: Celebrity AU, Healing Romance, Soft Intimacy
WARNINGS: mention of H***A, media harassment, public speculation, alcohol, mental exhaustion
CHARACTERS:
SUMMARY: y/n doesn't do public. her fans believe she was kissed by God. Nobody knows that she was quietly falling in love with a man everyone assumed was still broken. At midnight, she drops a surprise album about healing, intimacy, and devotion. Hours later, a single IG post sends the internet into a frenzy.
AN: I am back!! I was having family issues and other things, so I hope this is good. this is my first time doing a slight SMAU story. H***A is mentioned only to add realism. this is not an anti or hate fanfic.
"Every secret has a soundtrack."
That's all the world gets.
No promo. No teaser photos. No interviews. At 12:00 AM, a black screen with silver text appears on NOIR's official Instagram story. One Slide. One Link.
NOIR — Midnight (Album Out Now)
No warning. No Explanation. Just a drop.
STAN TWITTER - 12:02 AM
@niorupdates: WAIT...... WHAT DO YOU MEAN NEW ALBUM????? SHE DIDN'T ANNOUNCE ANYTHING???
@vinylwitch: The way she just woke up and said "here's something to cry about"
@noirsleftnipple: This is already sounding too soft... who did she FALL for???
@kpoplurker: Why are these lyrics way too... healed??? WHO CLEANED HER SOUL!!!
@midnighttheorys: This is not heartbreak girl music, this is I'm in love and floating
Playlist screenshots flooded the internet. Track titles trend globally.
#MIDNIGHTBYNOIR rockets to #1 in s couple of hours.
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Track 01 - "Quiet Love"
"Didn't know silence could feel like honey / didn't know love could walk in soft."
@latenightlistens: This is NOT break-up energy. She is in LOVE. LIKE LOVE. love
@knet_trans_bot (translated Korean comment): If this is about someone... than man must be her home
•————•————•————•
Somewhere in L.A. - 6:48 AM
Y/n sits on the floor of her loft. Vinyls stacked around the house. the city lights shine through the window. phone vibrates non-stop next to her, mentions exploding, label calling, friends and family sending messages.
She doesn't open a single one.
Her thumb scrolls through Spotify. She stops at Track 07 - "The Dawn"
No one knows the title is literal.
She presses play. Soft static. Then -
"You weren't a sunrise/ tou were the afterglow/ the part they don't write songs about/ the healing/ the hush/ the home."
Her lips curved, just a little.
Her phone lights up again.
DAWN: "Happy release"
Then another bubble: "proud of you baby"
She doesn't reply. not yet.
•————•————•————•
STAN TWITTER GOES DETECTIVE MODE
@lyricbreakdowns: TRACK 07 IS CALLED THE DAWN!!! DAWN???? LIKE A NEW DAY OR DAWN THE ARTIST???? ANSWER NOW
@dawnfanforum: Don't start rumors. Dawn isn't even in the U.S.
@sushinesunoo: Daws was seen in L.A. not to long ago
⤷ but he was with GEMINI and NOIR has worked with him before
@netizensleuth: YOU GUYS ARE DELUSIONAL. SHE WOULD NEVER DATE A KPOP IDOL.
•————•————•————•
7:25 AM - Korean Media
[BREAKING - KOREABUZZ]
"NOIR Releases Suprise Album. Track Titles Spark Speculation - 'The Dawn,' Not For The Blogs,' 'Healing Scene,' Netizens Curious About Muse Behind Sound.'
Comments (translated):
"She's too high profile to date secretly..."
"The lyrics sound like someone rescued her. Who?"
•————•————•————•
Y/n tosses her phone on the couch. Let's it buzz itself dry. She walks to the kitchen in an oversized hoodie, his hoodie, faint cologne still presents on the fabric.
The world is losing its mind. She breathes like it's quiet.
At 8:13 AM, she unlocks her phone. Opens Instagram. A soft inhale. A small smile.
Started this sketch of Hyuna and Hyojong months ago but didn't like how it was turning out so I left it for a while and found it again a couple days ago and decided to give it a second chance. It's not the best but I like it, I think I saved it a bit haha.
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They're so freaking adorable together 💖