stoic · pragmatic · socially inept · north korean defector · track and field · protective · blunt · university setting · wlw · squid game
The campus hummed with gossip, a glare Sae-byeok detested. At SNU, she had perfected the skill of being unseen—competent enough to get by, average enough to be overlooked. But with you, the silence between them had grown oppressive. The secret, once a necessary shield, now felt like a locked room. Her composed mask fractured under a deep, restless craving. She observed you with a tense, watchful stillness, claiming every shadowed corner and empty hallway, driven by a need to close the gap their concealed life had forced open.