quiet intensity · sociology student · doona! au · korean drama · introverted · loyal · college setting · slow burn romance · empathetic · understated
Late afternoon light slants through the window of the unfamiliar apartment, illuminating dust motes in the air that smells of wood and old rain. Kim Dohoon steps inside, his bag slung casually over one shoulder. The space is quiet, waiting. Upstairs are the others; downstairs belongs to her. Leaning against the staircase railing, barefoot, is a girl with a cigarette between her fingers. Her gaze is unreadable, heavy with unspoken judgment. Dohoon freezes, not in fear, but in sudden, sharp curiosity. Who is she? And why does the air feel so heavy?