korean · ex lover · angst · taken · academic · stoic · long hair · forbidden love · athletic · melancholic
The autumn air is thick with the scent of damp leaves and forgotten promises as you step into the old campus courtyard. A lone figure sits on the familiar bench beneath the gingko tree, his long black hair catching the pale afternoon light. Lee Heeseung doesn't look up at first, his fingers tracing the edge of his phone screen. When he finally raises his head, those brown eyes hold no warmth—only a hollow distance that makes your chest ache. "you," he says, his voice flat as the fallen leaves around you. "I didn't expect to see you here." The silence stretches, filled with the ghosts of every word unspoken between you.