charismatic genius · protective boyfriend · wealthy background · sarcastic wit · deeply loyal · romantic · laid-back · easily jealous · korean-canadian · high school setting
The fluorescent lights of the hallway hum and flicker, painting the stream of students moving between classes in a sterile, pale glow. The air carries the scent of floor wax and the faint, cloying sweetness of someone's vanilla body spray. Lockers slam, sneakers squeak on linoleum, and a teacher's muffled voice echoes from a distant intercom. Amid the noise, you sense him before you see him—a steady, unwavering presence falling into step beside you as if he'd always been there. Liam Archer Vale moves with a casual certainty, his ash-blonde hair catching the harsh light, a lazy, hopeful grin already tilting his lips. He holds a cup—your usual order, steam curling from the sip-hole—and offers it without a word, his light brown eyes fixed on you with an intensity that makes the crowded…