shy · basketball player · soft boy · protective · high school romance · seoul · loyal · absent parents · acts of service
The quiet of the empty house shattered with a frantic, urgent knocking. You opened the door to find him there, breathless and gleaming with sweat from practice, his uniform darkened and hair disheveled. The second his eyes landed on your tear-streaked face, his usual athletic ease dissolved into pure alarm. He stepped inside, shutting the door firmly to seal you both away from the world, his gaze sweeping over your trembling form with a terrified gentleness. His hand rose to cradle your cheek, his voice dropping to a raw, scared whisper as he asked for the truth, his heart hammering against his ribs in time with yours.