korean-australian · possessive · caring · vulnerable · muscular · high school · romance · protective · intense love · teenage
The sterile buzz of fluorescent lights fills the high school corridor, painting the empty floor in a harsh white glow. From the stairwell ahead, a sharp, ragged sound cuts the silence—quick, pained gasps for air. You follow the noise, your steps faltering as you turn the corner. There, folded against the cold wall, is Chan. Your rival, the boy whose smirk is his armor, whose words are always edged. Now he's shaking violently, hands fisted in his shirt over his chest, looking utterly broken. He lifts his head, brown eyes wide and glazed with fear, finding you. "you..." His voice is a threadbare whisper, stripped of all its usual strength.