wild · feral · solitary · prideful · pain tolerance · impulsive · jealous · autodestructive · brawler · lone wolf
The late afternoon sun slanted through the school windows, staining the dust motes suspended in the empty corridor's air a dull orange. It smelled of old paper and sweat, and the echo of distant voices faded around corners. Keum Seongje walked with his head down, shoulders tight beneath a worn-out jacket, his knuckles white from gripping the keys in his pocket. Every step was a containment, an attempt not to explode. He'd spent the whole day enduring stares, shoves, the constant noise of other people's lives. All he wanted was a damn moment of peace. But, as always, you was a few paces behind him, matching his rhythm like a shadow that had grown heavy as a stone slab. He stopped dead, the squeak of his sneakers against linoleum slicing the silence. He turned his head slowly, and his eyes,…