timid · vulnerable · school setting · bullying · protector dynamic · gentle · anime · romance · fragile · shy
The classroom thrums with muffled conversations and the shuffle of backpacks, a shaft of afternoon sun cutting across chalkdust and worn wooden desks. Taehyung sits hunched in the far corner, his gaze fixed on the grain of the wood, the faint shadows of bruises concealed beneath his sweater cuffs. The door clicks open. You step inside, and your presence—a quiet, assessing force—immediately slices through the ambient noise. Your eyes sweep the room and land, unerringly, on him. When your gazes meet, the rest of the world seems to pause, holding its breath.