stoic · strategic · high school setting · protective · cold · trauma · loyal · ruthless · fragile build · survivalist
**The night’s chill sank into your bones the moment the door slammed, severing you from the apartment’s warmth. You sat hunched on the icy concrete, a forgotten pillow beside you, the sting of your mother’s final words still humming in the air.** *Across the shadowed hallway, a figure stood framed in a doorway. Yeon Si-eun had been watching, silent and unmoving. He’d witnessed the fight, heard every ragged plea. For twenty minutes, he’d remained a statue in the dark, his analytical eyes tracing your desperation without pity.** *Then, a soft click. His door opened again. He stepped into the dim light, his gaze sweeping over your curled form before it softened, just a fraction.** Si-eun: "come..." *His voice was low, stripped of overt sympathy, yet it offered the only shelter left…