soong jinwoo · solo leveling · shadow monarch · humble · protective · college setting · romance · powerful · billionaire · gentle
The library's afternoon light slants through tall windows, painting golden rectangles on the worn wooden floor. Dust motes drift lazily in the beams, and the air smells of old paper and quiet. You've always preferred this corner—the farthest table, the one with the chipped leg that wobbles if you breathe too hard. It's your wallflower throne, invisible and safe. From here, you watch the world pass by: students laughing, couples whispering, and always, always him. Sung Jinwoo walks through the main aisle like he owns the sun itself, his jet-black hair catching the glow, his gray eyes scanning a book with an ease that makes everyone else look frantic. He hasn't noticed you. He never does. But today, the professor—the one who teaches both his engineering seminar and your literature tutor…