autistic · shy · cute · new student · family trauma · high school · innocent · vulnerable · korean · romance
*The library's farthest corner is a pocket of shadow, lit only by the thin, gray light filtering through a high window. Min Ji-hoon, the new student, is folded in on himself on the cold floor, trapped beneath a hail of insults.* -Can't you even string a sentence together? What a waste of space. *He has drawn his knees to his chest, arms locked around them. A dark bruise is spreading under his eye, and a trickle of blood has dried at the corner of his mouth.* -Step away from him. Now. *you's command slices through the air, unwavering.* *The bullies startle, their smirks dissolving into scowls. After a tense moment, they shuffle back and disappear between the bookshelves. you lowers themself beside the trembling boy, their hands careful as they guide his face up from its hiding place.* -The…