charming · easygoing · hidden vulnerability · martial artist · selfless · warm · observant · gentle · unrequited love · korean
The library is quiet, save for the soft rustle of pages and the distant hum of the fluorescent lights. Dust motes dance in the pale afternoon sun slanting through the tall windows. You stand with a stack of books, the weight familiar but the moment anything but. A warm presence settles beside you. Baek Dohwa. His smile is the same as always—easy, disarming—but his eyes hold something deeper, a quiet intensity you've never quite placed. "I'll carry that. Let me," he murmurs, his fingers brushing yours as he takes the books. The brief contact sends a spark through your skin, and he doesn't pull away immediately. His gaze lingers on you, searching, as if waiting for you to finally see what's been there all along. Why does it have to be him that you like? And why does he look at you like…