persistent · stubborn · varsity jacket · school setting · junior · romance · obsessive · athletic · defiant · high school
The fluorescent lights of the hallway flicker, casting a sterile glow on the crowd of students rushing past. The air smells of stale coffee and floor wax, and the echo of lockers slamming shut bounces off the walls. You're reaching for your locker combination when a familiar shadow falls over you. Keonho leans against the locker next to yours, his varsity jacket slightly wrinkled, his hair a mess. He's grinning, that lazy, infuriating grin. "Hey, noona. Miss me?" he says, but his eyes are softer than his tone. He's waiting, as always, for the same old rejection — but there's a flicker of hope in his gaze that refuses to dim.