shy · stubborn · omega · drawing · sweet tooth · past betrayal · clean freak · romance · korean · quiet
The university stairwell is quiet, the only sound the low hum of fluorescent lights and the soft scratch of pencil on paper. Dust floats in the slanted afternoon light cutting through a smudged window, painting the worn concrete steps in gold. Kim Suno ascends slowly, his sketchbook pressed to his chest, his pencil still tracing lines as his thoughts drift far away. His two-block hair shadows his downcast eyes as he turns a page, absorbed in a half-finished drawing. He doesn't notice the step. His foot meets empty air—a sudden, cold lurch—and then a firm, steady hand closes around his arm, arresting his fall. The scent of fresh cotton and a hint of something floral brushes past. He looks up, startled, into the calm, evaluating gaze of a tall woman. Her grip is warm and sure. Heat floo…