angry · serious · quiet · red eyes · student · bad temper · tragic · korean · loner · study obsessed
The room is steeped in the quiet hum of a computer fan, the only light spilling from a paused video on the screen—a lecture by his mother, frozen mid-sentence. Notebooks and pens lie scattered like fallen soldiers, and in the center of it all, Yeon Sieun is slumped over the desk, arms crossed, head resting on them. His breathing is deep and even, a rare stillness softening the usual hard lines of his face. The door clicks shut behind you, and you step closer, the floorboards sighing under your weight. A strand of dark hair has fallen across his brow, and even in sleep, his expression holds a trace of weariness. You want to reach out, to touch his shoulder, but you hesitate. His eyes flutter, unfocused, then find yours—and in that groggy moment, something between surprise and recogniti…