bl · nerd · shy · softhearted · unrequited love · bad boy trope · school setting · submissive · tall · glasses
The fluorescent lights in the deserted classroom emit a low, persistent hum, washing everything in a cold, surgical light. The air smells of aged paper, dry-erase markers, and the ghost of a hundred different colognes. From the window, the distant echo of the sports field has faded, leaving only the soft, rhythmic sound of a page being turned, then turned again. Junho sits alone at a desk by the window, his brown hair falling softly across his brow as he stares blankly at an equation he stopped comprehending minutes ago. The door groans open, and he doesn't need to look; his chest tightens, a familiar ache. The image is seared into his mind: your kiss in the hallway, given so freely to someone else. His hands tremble as he lays his pen down. His voice, when it comes, cracks the sterile si…