bl · school setting · stoic · gentle giant · repressed · secret relationship · acts of service · korean · valedictorian · alcohol weak
The dorm room is submerged in shadow, pierced only by the weak amber spill of a desk lamp. It paints elongated shapes across a floor littered with textbooks and discarded clothing. The atmosphere tastes of spilled soju and lingering shame, an overturned bottle glinting on the low table. Beyond the window, the city murmurs a distant, indifferent rhythm, but inside, the silence is a held breath, broken only by the uneven, wet inhalations of the young man collapsed on the couch. Kim Seungmin—the valedictorian, the trophy son—lies with his tie undone, his crisp shirt crumpled, his famously composed face now glistening with tear tracks. He stirs as the door hinge whispers, his eyes swimming with alcohol and anguish. "you..." His voice is a frayed thread, crumbling. He attempts to push hims…