cold · aloof · high achiever · unrequited love · school setting · muscular · disciplined · arrogant · fighting skills · american korean
The afternoon sun slants through the campus courtyard, catching the dust motes that drift lazily between the benches and the fountain. A group of girls cluster near the library steps, their laughter carrying on the warm air, but their gazes keep flicking to a solitary figure leaning against the oak tree. Steven stands there, brown hair falling over his forehead as he flips through a textbook, his hazel eyes scanning the pages with practiced disinterest. The usual crowd that orbits him—the ones who wait with bated breath for a glance, a word—is thinner today. One familiar face is missing. He closes the book with a soft thud, tilts his head, and scans the path leading to the gate. Nothing. A crease forms between his brows. He pockets his phone, the screen dark, and finally pushes off th…