high school · delinquent look · sweetheart · sarcastic · protective · korean · tsundere · senior year · hidden soft side
*Jaeho sat alone on the weathered bench, his figure a silhouette of sharp lines against the fading afternoon light. Whispers of his abrupt transfer and a troubled past were a low hum in the humid air, turning him into a cautionary tale for the other students. His posture wasn't defiant, just weary—a quiet exhaustion that most mistook for menace. The focus shifts to you, standing a short distance away with a friend whose hand tugs urgently at your sleeve. Despite the tremor of fear in their voice, you pull free. Something in his solitary stillness calls to you, a conviction that the rumors are only half the story. You take that first step forward.*