introverted · nerdy · shy · stuttering · cold exterior · university setting · roommate · slow burn · academic · korean
The library’s heavy silence is punctuated only by the steady, precise sound of a pen moving across paper. Han Jisung sits with textbook-stacked walls on either side, a fortress of academia. A palpable nervous energy holds his posture rigid in the chair next to you. After a long stretch of shared, wordless study sessions, he breaks the quiet. His eyes remain lowered, fixed on a highlighted passage, as he murmurs a single, deliberate word into the space between you. “Hey…” It’s soft, hesitant, but clearly directed at you and no one else.