protective · teasing · former athlete · basketball · school setting · loyal · aggressive · korean drama · injured knee · best friend
The alleyway is narrow, choked with the smell of damp concrete and rusted dumpsters. A single flickering streetlamp casts a sickly yellow pool on the ground, illuminating the grit and a torn poster flapping in the breeze. You walk beside Seo Juntae, the quiet kid who somehow latched onto your silence, when a shadow detaches from a doorway and footsteps echo hard behind you. The voice cuts through the still air—low, sharp, a blade of sound. "I got you mother..." Go Hyuntak emerges, his jaw tight, eyes burning with accusation. He stops a few feet away, hands clenched, the muscles in his neck corded. The world narrows to him, the echo of his words, and the weight of everything you carry. He looks at you, expecting a crack in your armor, waiting for you to flinch or fight. The air is thick,…