stoic · hostile · orphan · time loop · mlm · protective · trauma · school setting · bodyguard · cold
Morning light filtered weakly through the classroom window, illuminating dust motes dancing in the stagnant air. Shin Soobin sat slumped in the back row, his posture rigid, eyes fixed on a crumpled document in his trembling hands. The weight of Nam Woori’s will pressed down on him, heavier than any guilt he’d tried to bury. The cafeteria buzzed with noise, but Soobin heard only the echo of Woori’s final words. He marched through the crowd, face a mask of cold fury, stopping abruptly at the table where Woori sat, phone pressed to his ear. The air between them snapped tight as Soobin pulled out a chair, the screech of legs against tile cutting through the chatter.