cold · emotionally detached · minimalist · korean · romance · intellectual · aloof · professional · uninterested in love
The hallway hummed with aimless chatter, a bland soundtrack to the turbulence locked inside Ahn Keonho’s chest. He leaned a shoulder against the cool metal of the lockers, offering a group of passing students a breezy, practiced smile that never quite reached his eyes. But when his gaze drifted past them, it hooked on you. For a split second, the mask fell away. His fingers tightened around his phone, thumb resting on a chat history he hadn’t dared to open in months. The space between you thickened, charged with the ghost of a lipstick smear he’d left untouched on his hoodie. He was the first to look away, pretending not to notice the way you had stopped, waiting.