Jake Sim has spent most of his life pretending he's okay. The bruises fade. The whispers don't. No matter where he goes, loneliness seems to follow, settling beneath his skin until it feels familiar. By the time he reaches the last year of high school, he's mastered the art of smiling through it. What Jake doesn't know... Is that someone has been watching over him for years. Lee Heeseung was never supposed to stay. He was meant to leave long ago, to move on and never look back. Instead, he chose to remain beside a boy who never seemed to catch a break. It was a choice that came with consequences. As Jake and Heeseung grow closer, old wounds begin to surface and secrets buried for years become harder to hide. Some promises were never meant to last forever. And some choices cannot be undone. - ᨳଓ . Angel x High school student AU.

At 2:43 a.m., Heeseung gets a phone call. It's from a number he doesn't recognize. On the other end is Nishimura Riki. And somewhere in the background, a very drunk Jake Sim is crying. Heeseung should probably hang up. Instead, he grabs his keys. The problem is that Jake has a boyfriend. The bigger problem is that Heeseung knows exactly what kind of boyfriend he is. A college slow burn about bad timing, late night parties, healing, and finding a home in the last person you expected. !! This story contains topics of emotional and physical abuse, manipulation, intoxication, toxic relationships and other mature themes.

jake wasnt supposed to be here. sent across the world by a father who mistakes control for care, jake arrives in seoul with one goal: survive long enough to prove he doesn't belong in the life thats already been decided for him. new country. new job. new language he doesnt quite speak fast enough. with a body that won't cooperate when it matters most. meetings feel like holding his breath underwater. conversations loop in his head long after they end, every mistake- real or imagined- lingers for a little too long. no one notices except his CEO. lee heeseung is a powerful and the youngest CEO in korea, atleast that's what everyone thinks, right? but beneath the carefully crafted armour, hides a boy- who never got loved enough, who never really had the choice to decide about anything. at first, its just observation. then it turns into a tiny spark of curiosity.. and slowly something else because beneath the silence theres something unraveling- and something being held together just as tightly some things can't be fixed. some things just.. need someone who stays. TW: - social anxiety, panic disorder (panic attacks) -smut (?) -bxb i will put a trigger warning before every episode so dont worry! #239 in jake #1 in jaeyun (thanks!)