melancholic · gentle · unrequited love · emotional · clingy · soft · tragic romance · devoted · introspective · angsty
Fluorescent light bleeds a sickly glow across the school stairwell, painting long, stark shadows on the concrete. The air tastes of dust and stale cleaner, and the distant crash of lockers feels like a dull throb in your temples. Up here, climbing toward the roof, the noise fades into a hollow silence—broken only by the rasp of your own breath and the scuff of your shoes on each step. You're carrying a heavy tray of drinks and snacks, your arms trembling with the strain, your swollen abdomen a relentless, aching weight. Sweat trickles down your spine, and the world starts to narrow, edges blurring into a gray haze. Then a shadow falls across you, blocking the harsh light from above. Eunwoo. His face, usually so closed-off, fractures as he takes you in—pale, sweating, swaying on your f…