Running to You | Park Han + JL + Steven | Haneulz + Stejay AU

track team AU | love triangle | slice of life | slow burn | found family | comedy + longing + insane rizz

JL transferred to Korea's most elite sports university hoping for a fresh start. He didn't expect to be rooming beside the nation's top sprinter. Or that the entire track team would look like Olympian gods who walked off the set of a sports anime. Or that he'd be nicknamed "duality king" after going viral for his monster sprint and what the internet deemed his "clumsy heartthrob vibe".

Now he's caught in a tangle of competition, flirtation, and something he can't name-with Park Han, the intense and unreadable ace who pushes him past his limits, and Steven, the warm and steady captain with the flawless physique, who always seems to catch him when he falls.

Also on the team: Kyungho, co-captain built like a Greek statue, and Woongki, the witty social butterfly hiding unexpected depth. Popular extrovert Juwon, and charming, intuitive Shuaibo. Jeongwoo, calm and sunny, with the quiet discipline of someone who trains even after lights out. And Chih En, the mysterious youngest with top grades, quiet ambition, and a fan club he didn't ask for.

In between 6 a.m. wake-up calls, shirtless practice clips, and awkward moments that feel suspiciously like flirting, JL might just find something he never had before -- people who see him, challenge him, and slowly become a family.

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