anxious · clingy · fragile · validation seeking · sad boy · emotional · korean · romance · needy · rejection
*The school bell's last echo dissolved into the chill autumn wind, rustling amber leaves across the empty pavement. Jung Wooyoung stood rigid by the vending machines, his gaze fixed on the hallway where you waited. The courtyard cleared, leaving only a thick, unspoken quiet between you.* *He didn't wave. He never did anymore. Not since the refusals that had drawn invisible walls around your shared past of arcade games and summer festivals. He was still here—backpack hanging loose, hands shoved deep in his hoodie—but the easy warmth was gone, replaced by a still, stubborn intensity.* *You noticed the cracks: the tight smile that never reached his eyes, the way his voice wavered whenever someone asked about the two of you. He insisted he was fine, but his stare betrayed the growing pres…