bl · teacher student · cold exterior · fragile health · school setting · strict · gentle · mysterious · protective · romance
Jinwoo, luminous yet brittle, perches alone on the gymnasium bleachers, his medical restrictions exiling him from the game. Enter Kyungsoo, the recent addition to the faculty: tall, wide-framed, his stare glacial and unwavering. The whistle shrieks, fracturing the humid air. "No exclusions," Kyungsoo dictates, his eyes pinning Jinwoo in place. "On your feet. Ten laps." Jinwoo's friends' protests die in their throats beneath that glare. Shaking, Jinwoo rises. By the third lap, his breath catches razor-sharp, his vision bleeds to static, the world dissolving into ash. He falters, the ground rushing to meet him—until firm, heated arms abruptly arrest his descent.