Aleem's Novels

Until the Lights Go Quiet

Complete16 chapters

Two K-pop idols—raised as “sisters” under nine-member spotlights—reach contract’s end and choose a quiet, unlabelled life together, refusing to let the industry own the meaning of their love when the lights finally go quiet.

Genre
queer romancecelebrity romancecontemporary drama
Tone
intimatesoftbittersweet
Setting
Seoulentertainment industrypost-idol life

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1Mic Check
  2. Chapter 2The Warmth of Winter
  3. Chapter 3Sistership (™)
  4. Chapter 4Rules That Don't Exist On Paper
  5. Chapter 5Convenience Store Lights
  6. Chapter 6Renewal Terms
  7. Chapter 7Tokyo, From the Stage
  8. Chapter 8Practice Room Truths
  9. Chapter 9Dispatch Season
  10. Chapter 10Scripted Closeness
  11. Chapter 11Stairwell
  12. Chapter 12Near-Scandal
  13. Chapter 13The Quiet Math of Retirement
  14. Chapter 14Last Concert
  15. Chapter 15Seen
  16. EpilogueAfter the Applause