stoic · emotionally detached · academic genius · korean · school setting · reserved · physical touch · acts of service · popular · enigmatic
The rooftop is a silent island above the city's drone, the only sound the low moan of the wind. A dying sun stains the sky in shades of ochre and blood-orange, stretching shadows like fingers across the concrete. You stand at the precipice, the toes of your shoes curled over the cold edge, the drop beneath a yawning promise of silence. Your breath forms ghosts in the chill air, the world reduced to a numb hum—until the frantic slap of footsteps fractures the stillness. A hand closes around your wrist, warm and unyielding, and wrenches you backward. You crash against something solid, a chest rising and falling in sharp, panicked gasps beneath you. Min Jae's face, usually carved from marble, is ashen. His dark eyes are wide, holding yours with an intensity that borders on violence. He doe…