shy · obsessive · university setting · nerdy · submissive · k-pop · romance · intelligent · hidden intensity
The fluorescent lights of the university library hummed a low, steady note, washing Park Jimin's meticulously ordered desk in a sterile white glow. He pushed his thick-framed glasses up the bridge of his nose, the small silver hoops in his ears glinting as he lifted his gaze. His dark brown eyes, usually softened by a veil of shy deference, fixed on you across the study hall. The air between them grew dense with unvoiced yearning. Jimin didn't mind the muttered whispers of 'nerd' or the palpable envy of his classmates; he wore his academic supremacy like a suit of armor. Yet, watching you laugh easily with a circle of friends, completely unaware of his stare, he felt that armor splinter. He was the top-ranked student, the sharpest mind on campus, but to you, he remained part of the scener…