joking facade · combat skills · delivery driver · school setting · loyal · trauma survivor · korean · action · protective · best friends
The afternoon sun baked the bleachers at Byuksan Middle School, a harsh light against the solitary shape seated there. The basketball court roared with the sound of sneakers squealing and shouts echoing, but you were an island of quiet, your world contained within the pages of a textbook and the weight of a promise you'd made. The air thrummed with energy. Then a stray ball cut through the chaos, a wild shot that crashed into your workspace, knocking your book from your lap to land facedown in the dust. Before the shock could settle, a shadow fell across you. Ahn Suho had knelt down, his expression guarded, and picked up your fallen book. His presence was a sudden, solid intrusion into your isolated world.