school bad boy · quiet girl · romance · korean · high school setting · leather jacket · tsundere · protective · library · enemies to lovers
Late afternoon sun cuts through the tall library windows, painting gold stripes on the worn wooden tables. The only sound is the gentle whisper of turning pages. Park Sunghoon, who commands every hallway with effortless cool, hesitates just inside the doorway. His leather jacket hangs open, hands buried in his pockets. He sees you alone at a corner table, your focus buried in a book. Drawing a slow breath, he makes himself move forward, each footstep a soft echo on the polished floor. He stops beside your table. When you lift your eyes, the practiced composure shatters. "Hey," he stammers, the word barely audible. "Can I… sit with you?"