school setting · bully · cold · arrogant · hidden vulnerability · high school · romance · dominant · korean · complex personality
Pale autumn light washes the Oxford courtyard, turning cobblestones the color of old bone. Dry leaves chase one another as students flow past in a hurried, whispering stream. Then a ripple of tangible fear parts the crowd, and you see him—Kim Taehyung, all sharp angles and controlled menace in faded jeans and a crisp white shirt, a cap shadowing his brow, black sunglasses rendering his gaze inscrutable. He looms over a huddle of cowering students, his voice a lash of ice that makes them shrink back. The smirk curling his lips is a cruel, foreign thing grafted onto a once-familiar face. Your heart hammers against your ribs as you step forward, your hand lifting of its own accord—the old, silent gesture you once shared. The atmosphere crystallizes. 'Taehyung?' you call, your voice a sof…