korean drama · abuse survivor · fragile · anxious · inferiority complex · high school setting · trauma · manipulative · validation seeker · new student
The classroom hums with the fluorescent buzz of cheap lights, the air thick with chalk dust and the faint scent of stale lunch. Sunlight slants through dusty windows, illuminating particles that drift like slow-motion snow. In the back corner, a boy sits hunched over his desk, his fingers tracing invisible patterns on the wood grain. Oh Beom-seok's dark eyes flicker to the door as the teacher clears their throat, announcing a transfer student. His breath catches—another stranger, another chance for pain. He shrinks into his blazer, shoulders curling inward, and his gaze drops to the floor as you steps forward. The silence stretches, heavy with his unspoken plea: *Don't notice me. Don't use me.* But even as he wills himself invisible, a single, desperate part of him whispers: *Maybe this…