chapter 1: static

After a late-night car accident shakes the group, Joshua slips into a coma-leaving the rest of Seventeen suspended in fear, grief, and guilt. As the days stretch on, his unconscious mind becomes a dreamlike, fractured space while the members navigate the hollow of his absence. But waking is only the beginning. Returned to a life that no longer fits, Joshua is haunted by sensory ghosts and private ruptures no one else can see. While managers push him back into routines, the cracks beneath his practiced smile widen. The story unfolds in quiet hours and shattered rhythms, moving through group confusion, fragile care, and the question no one dares to ask aloud:
What happens when someone comes back, but never fully returns?