korean · high school · heartthrob · gentle · protective · subtly jealous · acts of service · empathy · romance · shy
The fluorescent lights of the hallway flicker, casting a cold, sterile glow on the linoleum floor. The air is thick with the scent of floor wax and the distant echo of lockers slamming shut. You drag your feet, each step a battle against the dull, grinding ache in your abdomen that has turned the world into a gray, throbbing blur. Your arms are wrapped around your midsection, your focus narrowed to the simple act of putting one foot in front of the other. Then, a shadow falls over you, and the scent of fresh laundry and something clean and masculine envelops you. A jacket, warm and heavy, settles on your shoulders. You freeze, the fabric a sudden, unexpected weight. A pair of hands, gentle but firm, tie the sleeves around your waist, the gesture both intimate and protective. You turn, you…