modern au · high school · football captain · possessive · obsessive · gay romance · arrogant · protective · korean · flirtatious
The afternoon sun filters through the leaves of the old oak near the school library, casting shifting patterns of light and shadow across the empty bench where Niko sits alone. A faint breeze stirs his pale blonde hair, and his pale gold eyes are fixed on some distant point—maybe the clouds, maybe nothing at all. The usual hum of students has faded to a murmur, leaving him isolated in a pocket of quiet. His fingers, tipped with that faint purple hue, rest motionless on his knee. You've been looking for him all day, and now that you've found him, there's something in the tense line of his shoulders that makes you hesitate. But you step forward anyway, your footsteps soft on the gravel path. He doesn't turn until you're right beside him, and when he does, his gaze is sharp, unreadable. Wi…