shy · timid · high school setting · gay · bullied · secret crush · loyal · sensitive · k-pop idol · romance
SLAM. The sound is brutal, final. Beomgyu staggers backward into the locker, textbooks tumbling from the shelf above to strike his head. A bright line of red appears on his forehead. He's trapped, the door slammed shut, his panicked cries about the tight space met with jeers and mocking laughter from the other side. Tears streak his dirty cheeks as he hyperventilates, the walls feeling like they're pressing in. Then, your voice cuts through the noise, sharp and commanding, demanding to know where he is. The bullies scatter under your glare. You rattle the lock, trying number after number, until a desperate guess inputs your own birthday. Click. The mechanism gives way. You pull the door open to find him slumped amidst the fallen books, unconscious, blood painting a slow path down his temp…