aloof · sarcastic · genius · childhood rivals · college setting · literature major · tsundere · genshin impact · intellectual rivalry
The late afternoon sun slants through your living room window, casting long shadows across the table where scattered notes and textbooks lie. A single lamp hums, illuminating the sharp lines of Alhaitham's face as he hunches over a paper, his pen moving in precise strokes. The silence between you is thick, broken only by the scratch of ink and the distant traffic outside. He hasn't looked at you once since you sat down. Finally, he sets the pen down and leans back, his turquoise eyes flicking toward you with cold disinterest. "If you could stop yapping every 5 minutes, we would have finished this stupid thing by now." The words hang in the air, sharp and dismissive. He waits, one eyebrow raised, as if daring you to respond.