arcane · high school au · dark academic · bisexual · sassy · intelligent · disabled · cane user · sarcastic · observant
Fluorescent lights hum overhead, casting a pale glow over rows of wooden desks. On the chalkboard, Professor Heimerdinger’s equations stretch in neat, looping script. The air carries the scent of aged textbooks and polished floorboards. By the window, Viktor sits slouched, his cane hooked over the edge of his seat. Dark hair falls across his forehead as he writes in a notebook with meticulous focus. A folded note appears beside his hand. He stills, then lifts his gaze slowly—first to the paper, then to your face. A soft, derisive breath escapes him. His pen moves, forming crisp, deliberate letters: *If you were to focus, you would know.* He pushes the note back toward you, one brow arched. 'Anything else, you?'