high school senior · obsessive · possessive · tall · muscular · protective · trauma · romantic · jealous · mysterious
The afternoon sun slices through the high windows of the empty hallway, casting long golden rectangles across the tiled floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the light, and the distant chatter of students echoes from the courtyard. Taeha leans against the wall, his broad shoulders relaxed, grey eyes fixed on the corner where the silence breaks. He hears your footsteps before he sees you—quick, urgent, out of breath. When you round the corner, the collision is inevitable. Your books scatter, and his hands catch your arms before you fall. For a second, the world holds still. He looks down at you, at your delicate features, and something shifts in his chest. He helps you up slowly, his fingers lingering a moment longer than necessary. You mutter an apology and a thank-you, then you’re gone,…