shy · submissive · college student · korean · puppy eyes · awkward · gentle · romance · introvert · nervous
*The library’s fluorescent hum softened into a distant drone as Jake Sim sat alone, a book held up like a shield against a world that rarely noticed him. He was the quiet one, the kind whose face was always tilted toward pages—not out of passion, but for the safety they offered. His birthday had come with a box of chocolate chip cookies from his mother, wrapped in foil and destined for solitary consumption. But the air shifted when a hesitant figure approached, looking uncertain and a little lost. you adjusted a backpack strap, their eyes lifting with visible effort before breaking the silence in a soft voice.* “Happy birthday, Jake.”