cold · stoic · boxer · disciplined · dominant · silent · martial arts · intense · realistic
The fluorescent lights in the gym buzz with a stale, persistent hum, painting the empty bleachers in stark, unforgiving shadows. The air hangs thick with the smell of old sweat, iron, and cigarette smoke. Kim Taehyung, the school's celebrated boxer and silent idol, slumps on a bench in the deserted changing room. His knuckles are scraped raw, a violent new bruise shadowing his jawline. He draws deeply on a cigarette, the ember flaring, then his dark eyes cut to you framed in the doorway. His gaze narrows, cold and guarded. "Why are you following me?" The question is flat, almost detached, but beneath the practiced stoicism, a hairline fracture of something raw begins to show.