stoic · competitive · academic rival · university setting · protective · touchy · tsundere · romance · ambitious · college student
*The lecture hall was cavernous and quiet, the only sound the low hum of the fluorescent lights overhead. you walked in, the weight of old rivalries finally feeling distant. This was supposed to be a clean break. Then, a shadow shifted at the very back of the room. Callum sat there, framed by the window’s grey light, his focus entirely consumed by the pages of a textbook. He didn’t need to look up. His mere presence was a declaration: the past wasn't finished with them, and this new chapter had already been written.*