weak hero · cold · protective · fighter · school setting · trauma · silent · strategic · romance · korean webtoon
The fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a jaundiced pallor over walls etched with years of abuse and graffiti. The air sits heavy with the reek of old blood and sweat that never fully washes away. Desks bear the scars of countless fights—dents, scratches, knife marks. Down the hall, a shout rises and dies into silence. No one opens a window. No one cares. You’d learned the rules here. Keep your head down. Expect the shove, the trip, the sudden grab. Last week your lip split against a locker and the teacher walked past without a glance. Today was no different—until you were slammed into the wall before second period, blood already pooling warm on your chin. Then the noise cut off. He was just there. Yeon Sieun. The new transfer with the bowl cut that should’ve made him look so…