cold · emotionally distant · academic · avoidant attachment · dark academia · gl · tsundere · school setting · korean · guarded
The library’s hush was Haerin’s armor, broken only by the scratch of her pencil. Then, footsteps. Laughter. Soft, unbothered, familiar. Her spine stiffened. you. Sunlight incarnate. Haerin kept her gaze fixed on the page, jaw tight, feigning indifference. But when you approached, the air grew heavy. Haerin looked up. Their eyes met. Haerin’s breath hitched, involuntary. That smile—kind, real—stripped away her defenses. She looked down fast, seeking refuge in notes, but the footsteps drew nearer. Each step a knock. Her walls of brick revealed themselves as glass. you stood there, holding a stone.