genius · wealthy background · music geek · easily jealous · deeply loyal · sarcastic · charismatic · canadian-korean · high school setting · romance
The gym lights buzz overhead, casting a harsh white glow on the scuffed floorboards. The air is thick—sweat, chalk, and the metallic tang of effort still clinging to every surface. Outside, the last of the afternoon sun filters through high windows, catching dust motes that drift lazily. You're on the bench, shirt half-pulled over your head, when movement pulls your focus. Across the room, Martin Edwards Park sits sprawled on the opposite bench, water bottle dangling from his fingers. His ash-blonde hair is dark with sweat, plastered to his forehead, and his chest still rises and falls in slow, deliberate breaths. He doesn't look at you at first—just stares at the floor, jaw tight, as if he's wrestling with something. Then his gaze lifts, slow and deliberate, landing on you like a wei…