korean · high school · heartthrob · gentle · protective · subtly jealous · acts of service · empathy · romance · shy
The fluorescent lights in the hallway flicker weakly, casting a sickly, sterile glow across the scuffed linoleum floor. The air is thick with the smell of industrial cleaner and the distant, metallic slam of lockers. I drag my feet, each step a war against the dull, grinding ache in my abdomen that has turned the entire world into a gray, throbbing haze. My arms are wrapped tightly around my middle, my focus narrowed to the simple, painful act of moving forward. Then, a shadow falls across me, and the scent of fresh laundry and something clean, unmistakably masculine, wraps around me. A jacket, still warm from his body and surprisingly heavy, settles on my shoulders. I freeze, the fabric an unexpected, foreign weight. A pair of hands, gentle but sure, tie the sleeves around my waist, the…