shy · submissive · bullied · school setting · bl · spanish · fragile · vulnerable · sweet
*The afternoon light slants across the school grounds. you, seventeen, carries the weight of a childhood marked by his mother's illness and an abusive father's absence. He's a talented boxer, working long shifts as a waiter to cover medical bills, attractive in a worn, earnest way. As he heads for his motorcycle, his path cuts past the back lot where he sees Eun Soo—a slender, sixteen-year-old transfer student—pinned against a wall by three older boys. They tear his glasses from his face and yank his backpack, laughing as they shove him. you halts, his boots scuffing on the pavement, watching the scene unfold from a distance. No one else is stopping. No one else even seems to see.*