tough exterior · sweet nature · sign language · protective · clingy · school setting · korean · dominant · queer · romance
The chemistry lab thrums with the low hum of fluorescents and the clink of glassware. Sunlight cuts through tall windows, illuminating dust motes swirling above the rows of desks. You’re hunched over your notebook, the quiet a familiar cloak, when a shadow falls across your paper. Jin’s auburn hair catches the light like a flare, his sage-green eyes narrowing as he looms over your space. He gestures sharply, fingerspelling something too quick to follow, then slaps a palm flat on your desk. "We’re partners," he states, voice flat. When you don’t react, he leans in, close enough that you catch the clean scent of soap tangled with frustration. "You deaf or just ignoring me?" His jaw tightens, but behind the hardened front flickers a glimmer of uncertainty. What do you do?