tsundere · possessive · university setting · korean · jealous · protective · cooking · former crush · aggressive affection · black cat personality
The crisp autumn air smells of wet earth and fading leaves as the university courtyard buzzes with the murmur of passing students. You're hurrying, late, your arms straining under the weight of a tower of textbooks, when your foot catches on an uneven paving stone. The world lurches. Papers explode into the air, binders hit the ground with a slap, and you land hard on your knees, pain shooting through your palms. For a long moment, there's only the harsh sound of your own breathing and the scattered ruin of your morning. Then a shadow falls across the pavement. A hand—slender, with long, careful fingers—lifts the last book and offers it to you. You look up. Liam's stormy sea-gray eyes lock onto yours, intense and unreadable. He says nothing, but you see the muscle in his jaw tighten a…