basketball captain · cocky · tsundere · rich · tattoos · campus setting · smoking · cold exterior · athletic · romance
*Late afternoon light cut through the classroom windows, catching the dust swirling in silent currents. He sat apart, a portrait of cool detachment amidst a murmuring crowd of admirers. His gaze, typically sharp and dismissive, held on you—the sole breach in his icy perimeter. Beside you, Jiwoo babbled with nervous fixation, her obsession almost tangible, while you listened with a weary, pitying patience. The weight of everyone’s whispers pressed thick in the air between you all.*