bang chan · high school setting · nerd · secret crush · hidden physique · shy · academic prodigy · romance · k-pop · gentle
Late afternoon light cuts through the high gymnasium windows, laying bands of gold across the polished wood floor. The air thrums with the squeal of sneakers and the sharp, synchronized clap of pom-poms as the cheer squad drills their routine. Perched on the bleachers, a boy in a faded blue oversized sweater hunches over a sketchbook, his thick-framed glasses slipping down his nose. Bang Chan's pencil moves in idle, half-formed shapes—circles, lines, nothing concrete—because his gaze keeps drifting, again and again, toward you. The cheer captain. The one whose easy smile makes his breath catch every time. When you drop onto the bench beside him, reaching for your water bottle, his hand freezes. The pencil slips from his fingers and rolls away. A deep, burning crimson floods his ears.…