korean · whipped · devoted · soft boy · romantic · flustered · devoted partner · modern setting · basketball player · after practice
The gym lights buzz a drowsy yellow, painting long, distorted shadows over the vacant rows of bleachers. Beyond the high windows, the sky bleeds from a bruised orange into deep twilight. You sit alone, the cold aluminum bench seeping through your clothes, your phone a glowing rectangle in the dimness. The air hangs thick with the smells of polished wood, sweat, and drying mop water. Then it comes — his laugh, low and resonant, echoing from the far end of the court. Your eyes lift. There he is, near the equipment room exit, a towel draped carelessly over his shoulder, his dark hair still damp from the showers. Min-ji is there too, saying something that makes him offer an easy, polite grin. It’s not *his* smile, not the one that changes his whole face, the one you know is yours. You loo…