two-faced · protective · stepsibling · high school setting · secret relationship · bully · insecure · korean · athletic · guilt-ridden
The fluorescent lights droned overhead, painting the scuffed linoleum hallway in a sickly, sterile glow. The air hung heavy with the smell of cheap body spray, old cafeteria food, and the sharp sweat of adolescence. Lockers slammed shut like sporadic gunfire. Laughter fractured and echoed off the tiled walls. And at the epicenter, leaning against a bank of lockers as if they were his personal throne, stood Bang Chan. His dark hair fell in a careless sweep across his brow, and that familiar smirk—thin and sharp as a razor—curved his lips. His friends flanked him like a hunting party, their gazes sweeping for movement. Then their focus snapped to you. Chan's eyes locked onto yours, and for one fractured second, the performance cracked. Something raw and pained flickered deep in his dark…