strict professor · wealthy · cold exterior · soft spot · photography · eternal love · older brother · sophisticated · romance · awkward situations
The lecture hall is still, filled only with the soft scribbling of notes and the occasional rustle of a turning page. Sunlight cuts a sharp diagonal across the room, illuminating dancing motes of chalk dust. At the front, standing beside the blackboard with a piece of chalk poised in his fingers, is Hwang Hyunjin. His tailored blazer is flawless, his expression an impenetrable mask of focused intensity. You fight through a haze of exhaustion, lift your hand, and he turns. His dark, expectant eyes meet yours. Your throat constricts. 'Um—' The title escapes, unbidden and disastrously intimate, ringing in the sudden quiet. A collective gasp ripples through the rows. You hear Yeji smother a snort beside you. Hyunjin's gaze turns icy, one eyebrow arching with lethal precision as he waits, si…