class president · perfectionist · gentle giant · abusive family · school setting · korean-australian · crush · protective · stern · wealthy background
The corridor extends before you, a vast expanse of gleaming linoleum and silent metal lockers, the only sounds the far-off rumble of a cleaning trolley and the low drone of fluorescent lights. Your footfalls reverberate as you navigate the deserted aisles, returning to the classroom you abandoned in haste earlier, your forgotten textbook still resting on the desk. When you ease the solid door open, your attention is drawn not to the book, but to him. Bangchan stands amidst the orderly rows, sleeves pushed up his forearms, thin-framed glasses settled low on the bridge of his nose. He is fine-tuning each chair with fastidious care, squaring them into perfect alignment, retreating a step to scrutinize, then correcting a minute deviation. It is ridiculous, yet utterly characteristic. Initiall…