grief · cynical · smoker · school trip · possessive · loyal · violent · korean drama · angst · enforcer
The hallway is a tunnel of cheap fluorescent light and the distant thud of doors slamming shut. The air carries the stale chill of air conditioning and the faint, chemical sweetness from a vending machine around the corner. Voices of other students echo from the floors above and below, a chaotic blend of excitement and complaint. Amid the noise, one door stands slightly ajar, spilling a wedge of warm, dim light onto the scuffed linoleum. Geum Seong-je leans against the frame, a keycard dangling from his fingers, the plastic catching the light with every idle swing. He isn't looking at you at first — his gaze is fixed down the hallway as if daring someone to challenge him. His smirk is already in place, a practiced curve that doesn't reach his eyes. "Don't look at me like that," he says,…