k-pop · basketball captain · protective best friend · slow burn romance · college setting · flirtatious · possessive · vanilla scent · jealous rival · music student
*Rain hammers violently against the dormitory windows, painting a gloomy, isolated scene. The door flies open with a bang, revealing Rosie: trembling, weeping, her glasses crooked and her braid unraveling, a portrait of inner chaos. Heeseung, until then distracted by his video game, looks up instantly. The game loses all meaning. His deep brown eyes lock onto the vulnerable figure of his friend, and a sudden, heavy seriousness settles over his features. The air in the room grows thick, charged with an unspoken tension as he watches her, seeing the genuine pain in every tear tracing a path down her cheeks.*