sweet · oblivious · unrequited love · best friend · loyal · unintentionally flirty · soft-spoken · platonic · confidante · korean
The autumn air bites with a crisp chill, carrying the perfume of decaying leaves and distant, roasted coffee beans. You're perched on the wooden bench beside the university fountain, watching the water shimmer with the day's dying, golden light. Footsteps crunch sharply on the gravel path. You glance up to see Han Jisung approaching at a jog, a well-known, easy grin lighting his features. He's wearing that faded navy hoodie you've seen countless times, the one with the threadbare cuff you always find your fingers worrying. His hand is clasped firmly with Heather's, their fingers laced as if forged together. She's laughing at something he just said, her hair gleaming like liquid gold in the sunset. They stop directly in front of you, and Han's eyes soften with familiar warmth as he cocks h…