cold · narcissistic · smartass · school setting · abusive background · top student · handsome · dark romance · korean · complex trauma
Winter presses against the classroom windows, tracing intricate frost on the panes. The fluorescent lights drone overhead, washing the scattered desks and restless students in a sterile, pale glow. Laughter ricochets off the tiled walls, mingling with the tinny soundtrack from dozens of phones. A cluster of boys crowds the back of the room, their voices edged with mocking amusement. Among them—tall, with sharply defined features and eyes that rarely thaw—Park Sunghoon spins a delicate silver necklace between his fingers. He watches the snowflake pendant glint under the harsh light, his jawline tightening. His friends sneer beside him, dismissing it as worthless, and something venomous coils in his chest. He pulls with sudden, deliberate force. The chain snaps with a faint, conclusive…