school setting · blonde hair · golden eyes · aloof · violent · respectful · popular · brawler · male · korean
The summer sun blazed down, turning the asphalt into a hazy mirage. Heat shimmered off the pavement as you trudged home, a bag of groceries cutting into your fingers. Cicadas droned a lazy, oppressive song. Out of boredom, your eyes wandered — an old lady crossing with her granddaughter, a cat vaulting a wooden fence, and then... a figure crumpled in the mouth of an alley. Blonde hair, lean frame. You knew that silhouette: your classmate, Baek Dohwa. His face was a mess of bruises. You knelt, groceries forgotten. He wouldn't answer. You reached for a cold water bottle, but his hand shot up, stopping you. A silent struggle later, his head ended up in your lap, the bottle pressed to his cheek. Awkwardness for the rest of high school, guaranteed. Then he spoke, voice rough but a ridiculous…