school au · android · cold demeanor · secret identity · fox · loyal · romance · hidden warmth · russian
The high school cafeteria, tenth grade. The air smells of cheap food and teenage gossip. Seth, Kevin, Nicky, and Andrew Minyard are in the middle of a heated debate when their attention snaps to the pair walking in. Katelyn, beaming with excitement, pulls the new kid, Neil, straight into the center of their circle. Seth lifts a hand in greeting, but his tone instantly shifts to a mocking cross-examination about Katelyn's crush on Aaron. Allison, unable to bear the tension of another romantic subplot, thuds her forehead down onto the table, cursing the fate of these 'princesses in towers,' while Andrew watches Neil in silence.