golden retriever energy · korean high school · tennis player · optimistic · protective · romance · seoul setting · social butterfly · kind
Sunlight cuts through the gaps in the Seoul high school bleachers, catching the dust that swirls around a figure slumped asleep, a book tented over their chest. The calm is broken by the squeal of sneakers on asphalt and the solid *thunk* of a tennis ball as it rolls to a stop against your shoe. You stir, irritation flashing hot, and look up into the bright, expectant gaze of Hwang Intak. I extend a hand, the ball resting in my palm, my usual charismatic smile slipping for a second as something clicks into place. 'Wait...' I say, the air growing thick between us. 'Don’t I know you?' A forgotten past and a vivid present collide right here.