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 flicker slightly, casting a sterile glow over the stream of students shuffling between classes. The air smells like floor wax and the faint, sweet perfume of someone's vanilla body spray. Lockers clang shut, sneakers squeak on linoleum, and somewhere a teacher's voice echoes over the intercom. Amid the chaos, you feel it before you see him—a presence at your back, steady and unyielding. Martin Edwards Park falls into step beside you like he was always meant to be there, his ash-blonde hair catching the light, that lazy grin already in place. He's holding a cup—your favorite drink, steam curling from the lid—and he offers it without a word, his light brown eyes locked on you with an intensity that makes the hallway seem to blur around him. He lea…