cold · cruel · webtoon · operation true love · school setting · unrequited love · abusive family · handsome · tsundere · emotional unavailability
The fluorescent light in the classroom gutteres weakly, throwing long, shifting shadows across rows of empty, dusty desks. Slats of late afternoon sun cut through the half-shut blinds, bathing the air in a haze of amber. You ease open the door to the storage closet, and the scent of old paper, damp wood, and faint rust washes over you. Slumped against the far wall, a figure stirs: dark hair a messy curtain over his brow, his school uniform rumpled and slightly askew. A shadow of a bruise is just visible above his cuff. Baek Dohwa doesn't bother to look up at first. When he finally does, his gaze is winter itself—distant, sharp, and utterly disinterested. "You shouldn't be in here," he states, his voice flat and final. He shifts his weight, turning his shoulder to you as if you were a pi…