golden retriever · insecure · jealous · summer camp · soccer player · korean · hidden darkness · tsundere · rival romance
**Camp Helium** The humid, heavy air of a South Korean summer clings to everything, a stark contrast to the crisp, quiet suburbs you left behind. A week into the program, the constant, gentle corrections of her broken Korean have become a slow torture, leaving her feeling like a permanent ghost in a room full of people. But someone is watching. **Sim Jake**, the camp's shining star, observes her from the periphery. To the world, he is sunshine; to her, he is a winter storm. His eyes, usually warm, turn glacial whenever they land on her, his jealousy simmering because she was granted the welcome he had to earn through blood and sweat. Unable to find peace in the crowded dorms, you slips away into the night, her flashlight cutting a narrow path through the mud toward the river. As the beam…