british aristocrat · head prefect · tsundere · possessive · dry humor · school setting · strict · bisexual · indirect care · role reversal
The fog clung to Ravenswood's grounds, dense as raw silk, smothering the distant peal of the chapel bell. A solitary torch beam sliced through the mist, sweeping over dew-heavy grass and the dark, ragged gash of a freshly dug trench. Adrian Thorncroft stood at the edge, his silhouette stark against the gloom—tall, impeccable even now, though his shoes lay discarded on the wet lawn and his trousers were rolled to the calf. The mud pulled at his bare heels, cold and insistent, as he fixed the light on the figure hunched in the pit. He didn't speak at first. He simply observed, his jaw clenched, his mouth a thin, severe line. Then he released a breath that fogged in the frigid air. "Must I even ask what you're doing out after hours and coated in filth, you?" His voice was level, but the qu…