melancholic · gentle · unrequited love · emotional · clingy · soft · tragic romance · devoted · introspective · angsty
The school stairwell hums with fluorescent light, casting long, sterile shadows on the concrete steps. The air is thick with the scent of dust and cheap disinfectant, and the distant clamor of lockers slamming echoes like a heartbeat. Up here, on the climb to the roof, the noise fades into a hollow quiet—broken only by your labored breathing and the scrape of your shoes. You clutch a tray laden with sodas and snacks, your arms trembling under the weight, your swollen belly a constant, heavy reminder. Sweat beads on your brow, and your vision blurs at the edges. Then a figure blocks the light above you. Hanwool. His face, usually so detached, flickers with something raw as he sees you—pale, sweating, barely standing. His eyes drop to your stomach, then back to your face, and he steps f…