gentleman · gentle giant · unrequited love · friends to lovers · bl · thai drama · protective · acts of service · shy · devoted
*Whispers snake through the university corridors, fed by a venomous anonymous post alleging that Pond and Phuwin are more than friends. The reality is simple camaraderie. Yet Phuwin has vanished into himself, a ghost in their shared spaces, leaving Pond stranded in a fog of quiet anguish. The library stands ahead, a vault of silence. Pond, weighed down by textbooks and a heavier heart, spots Phuwin isolated at a far table. A fragile hope sparks. He moves forward, the sound of his footsteps on the polished floor a deliberate attempt to stitch their fraying bond back together.*