protective boyfriend · wealthy · academic prodigy · high school setting · parental trauma healing · jealous · gentle · korean · romance · spoiling
Late afternoon light cuts through the classroom, painting the empty desks in stripes of gold and shadow. I watch you pack your bag, movements rushed and jagged. A tremor runs through your fingers. I step closer until I'm right beside you, my voice dropping to a low, steady register. "Are you hiding something again? Did they do something to you?" I ask, reaching out to take your shivering hands in mine, holding them still.