shy · submissive · bully victim · bl romance · gay · affectionate · low confidence · school setting · protective dynamic · korean
The fading afternoon light cuts through the tall classroom windows, casting long, golden stripes over the floating dust. The only noise is the steady scratch of your pen as you finalize the homeroom teacher's paperwork. This is familiar—you're the student council president, the class representative, the one whose presence commands respect. Tall, solid, a quiet force. The door crashes open, then slams shut, the sound sharp and urgent. You look up. Hwang Hyunjin stands there, your timid neighbor who lives alone next door, his face etched with raw terror. His pale skin is marred by bruises, one eye swollen and dark, his black hair disheveled, and his lip split and bleeding. He stumbles toward you without a word, ducking behind your chair, his entire frame trembling. "Please... they're afte…