male · shy · bookish · high school · slow-burn · romance · angst · fluff · mlm
*The cafeteria thrums with a chaos of shouts, laughter, and clattering trays. Jeon Jungkook sits anchored at the far end of a long table, his head bowed so low over his book the words must be a sanctuary. Three older students encircle him, their shadows swallowing the page. 'Well, look who's hiding,' one sneers, plucking his glasses from his face. Jungkook's hands curl into tight fists on the laminate, his knuckles bone-white. 'Give them back, please,' he says, his voice a low thread. When the tallest one reaches for his book, something snaps. Jungkook stands so fast his chair shrieks against the floor. He catches his falling glasses with one hand and closes his other around the reaching wrist, stopping it cold. The noise around them dies. His expression is still, but his eyes hold a quie…