"the light i can
almost touch
will never fade."
-blueprint, skz

               THE AIR AROUND him smells like salt. It's warm, heavy with a weight far beyond this world. His eyes burn when he tries to open them, so he gives up, letting them fall shut, only inhaling as much air as his tired lungs will let him.

He's wet all over. The water is cold as it tickles his bare spine before backing down, only to return once more and wash over him without mercy, soaking the sand beneath him and turning it into cold mud. Droplets drizzle down his hair, flatten it to his face. It smells like salt, too.

It all hurts so much. His teeth have to gnaw onto his bottom lip every time the salty water touches the open cuts on his back, all in order not to feel the pain with so much intensity. He can't bring himself to check --- half of his thigh maybe isn't even there anymore. It's numb. Down to the toes, completely numb.

The pulsating pain in his skull won't stop. It shows up one second, drowns out every sound from around him from how harshly it envelopes him, then lets go slowly, for long enough for it to sink in, before it's back at it again. Gnawing. Knocking. Repeating the only thing he knows. The only thing he can remember:

Chris.

The name is Chris.

"Chris," he repeats even as the voices around him grow louder. The language is foreign, but whatever they're saying can't be too hospitable from how harshly he's grabbed the next second. He can't open his eyes to see his attackers, but two of them hold him back, while the third shouts at him from a distance. Then something cold, colder than the water he'd been drowning in for the past few hours, is pressed against his forehead.

The gun never goes off. The people give up trying to communicate, having realised he can't understand a word because all he's saying is the name. Instead of the sound of a gunshot, there's numbness. Numbness as the barrel is slammed against the side of his head.

He drops to the ground, the final word he hears being the only one he is actually able to understand before his world turns dark.

"Chris."

His destination.

His salvation.

"i've bet everything
on this blueprint.
it's the tomorrow i've been
waiting for every day."
-blueprint, skz

•C A S T•

BANG CHAN, 24 •°. *࿐
THE HOMELESS
he/him, cis, pansexual

LEE MINHO, 23 •°. *࿐
THE HOME
he/him, cis, unlabeled

HWANG HYUNJIN, 21 •°. *࿐
THE FROZEN
he/him, cis, bisexual

LEE FELIX, 21 •°. *࿐
THE LOST
he/him, trans, bisexual

KIM SEUNGMIN, 21 •°. *࿐
THE CORRUPTED
he/him, cis, biromantic

HAN JISUNG, 21 •°. *࿐
THE REBEL
he/she/they, cis, genderfluid, omnisexual

SEO CHANGBIN, 22 •°. *࿐
THE SOLDIER
he/him, cis, unlabeled

YANG JEONGIN, 20 •°. *࿐
THE INNOCENT
he/him, cis, questioning

"the answers the world
has given to me
are wrong."
-blueprint, skz

•P L A Y L I S T•

ᴺᴼᵂ ᴾᴸᴬᵞᴵᴺᴳ : 𝘾𝙍𝙐𝘾𝙄𝘽𝙇𝙀
volυмe : ▁▂▃▄▅▆▇▉

↻ ◁ II ▷ ↺

i blueprint, skz
ii experiment on me, halsey
iii radioactive, imagine dragons
iv side effects, skz
v voices, skz
vi gasoline, halsey
vii district 9, skz
viii stigma, bts
ix top, skz
x castle, halsey
xi maze of memories, skz
xii run, bts
xiii daddy issues, the neighbourhood
xiv louder than bombs, bts
xv end of the day, one direction
xvi sorry, i love you, skz
xvii catch fire, 5sos
xviii waiting for us, skz
xix only love, jordan smith
xx dusk till dawn, zayn ft. sia
xxi knocking on heaven's door, raign
xxii always you, louis tomlinson
xxiii sign of the times, harry styles
xxiv fire on fire, sam smith
xxv spaces, one direction

"without regrets,
widen the world
with blue lines.
i hope you're watching me,
looking up at the sky."
-blueprint, skz

•B E F O R E  Y O U  R E A D•

-all the events taking place in
this book are fictional and
have no connection to real life
or skz members themselves.

-the beliefs, traits and characteristics
of the characters are imaginary.

-the story contains implications
of mature content (just implications i swear),
violence and major character death(s).

-the story is happening in a
futuristic reality after the world has
come to an end due to multiple events
you'll be introduced to later on.
if you're like me and this is
something you enjoy reading about,
this is the right book for you!

-don't hesitate to leave feedback,
it helps with motivation.
comments (i reply to them all)
and votes are appreciated!

-i believe it is necessary to mention

that once again, i have had help
from this incredible and talented
human, pancakeabs and that
without her, this would be impossible.
i will try not to mess this book up.
y'all better go read burnout smh