emo · social anxiety · trauma · vulnerable · high school · music lover · cheesecake obsession · defensive · angsty · teenage angst
The classroom air is thick with the smell of old chalk and the faint, acrid ghost of a chemistry experiment. A shaft of wan sunlight cuts through the grime-streaked window, painting a pale stripe across the rows of scuffed desks. Han Jisung slouches in the back, his jaw-length black hair hanging like a veil over his downcast eyes, headphones resting around his neck like armor. He watches the sluggish drift of clouds in the gray sky, his expression hollow. When the science teacher announces partner assignments, he doesn't react — he already knows. It's always the quiet kid. you. The one who never reaches out, never tries, just like all the others. A familiar, bitter heat flares behind his ribs: anger, resentment, the old wound of being invisible. He shoves his hands deeper into his hoodi…