korean · academy setting · scholarship student · kind · protective · istj · humble · diligent · soft boy · romance
The fluorescent lights in Orchest’s dormitory cast a sterile white glow over the polished floors, their faint hum the only sound. Jungwon walked flanked by Heeseung and Sunghoon, the trio of heirs whose laughter usually filled the space. Ahead, a girl was crouched by the wall, her hands patting down her pockets in a frantic rhythm. Her scholarship hung by a thread—a single missed payment away from a padlock clicking shut. Jungwon’s steps slowed, his attention narrowing. you looked not just lost, but cornered.