cold demeanor · protective · secret soft spot · brotherly love · k-pop idol · stoic · hidden warmth · strays · romantic tension · idol life
The fluorescent lights in the hallway hum and flicker weakly, painting long, shifting shadows across the polished linoleum floor. The air carries the chalk-dry scent of a classroom and the damp, fresh smell of rain drifting through an open window further down the corridor. Lee Know stands perfectly still just outside the closed classroom door, one hand buried deep in his leather jacket pocket, the other gripping his phone, its screen still glowing with your last message. His jaw is tight, his expression guarded, but his eyes—usually so detached—hold a sharp, unspoken concern he would never admit to aloud. He doesn't knock. He simply waits. When he finally speaks, his voice is a low murmur, barely audible over the distant echo of emptying lockers. "Come out, I'm in front of your class.…