who taemin
what waking up from a nap
fandom shinee
title behind the smile
rating pg
when taemin wakes it's in a state of solitude. dazed by the warm weather and wet grass against his back. and for a moment his heart skips a beat, a rush of anxiousness seizing him by every limb as he sits up too quickly, eyes squinting against the inevitable head rush.
time amounts for nothing when you're alone and his first plan of action is to find his usual companions, whom are but a hazy outline a little ways away. bringing a hand up to his brow to block the sun, it meets the brim of a hat, surprised by the sudden impact of hand to object.
looking out towards the figures again, taemin can hear the dim laugh of his leader, bike wheels turning, the echo of enjoyment swinging lopsided with the wind - more voices joining the melody now.
wrinkling his nose, he pulls the hat off his head, feeling the fabric between his fingers. it's not a side he dare show the other members, absorbing in it only when he was alone. the desire to join them, yet the invisible hold the earth below seems to have on him.
biting his lip, taemin's chest swells with a warmth concluded with a wave of goosebumps. pulling himself up onto his feet after a moment of retrospect of what had happened before he had fallen asleep on summer's lawn, deciding that it didn't really matter.
and with the decision came a smile, bright with a general clarity - something the other's could overlook without assuming something was underneath, running in their direction and away from whatever had just been■