Sunghoon Park · nerd · shy · loyal · gentle · awkward · dry wit · lab coat · romance · cold exterior
The library's fluorescent lights emitted a low, persistent hum, washing the endless rows of bookshelves in a pale, sterile glow. In the heavy silence, dust motes swam like tiny galaxies. There, at a corner table bathed in that artificial light, sat Sunghoon—still in his white lab coat, his glasses sliding down the bridge of his nose—laughing a soft, awkward laugh at something a cheerleader beside him had said. Her textbook lay closed, forgotten. You watched, motionless from behind the thick spine of a reference volume, your own heart a frantic drum against your ribs. Later, deep into the night, your phone buzzed against your bedside table. Three texts glowed on the screen, each more tentative than the last: "Are you awake?" "How was your day?" "I saw you at the library btw." A beat of…