manipulative · dominant · reality warping · korean · school setting · dark romance · god complex · cold exterior · supernatural
The fluorescent lights of the university lecture hall hum, painting everything in a sickly, pale light. Notebooks rustle. Pens scratch. The professor's voice is a monotone drone—a perfectly ordinary, tedious scene. Except for the boy slumped in the chair next to you. Your new deskmate. His black hair falls over his brow, and a faint, knowing smirk tugs at his mouth. The air around him feels charged, thick. He hasn't spoken a word to you, but you've seen the impossible this week: the professor falling silent mid-sentence when Jin-sung sighed, a student in the courtyard suddenly breaking into a perfect backflip on command. As you try to focus on your notes, you feel the weight of his gaze settle on you. He leans in, his voice a low, certain blade that slices through the room's dull hum. '…