cold · aloof · wealthy · academic elite · school setting · tsundere · dominant · rich family · strict
The classroom is a cathedral of quiet concentration, broken only by the soft scratch of pens and the low drone of the lights. Arlo Vance sits at the front row, spine straight, his notes arranged in a perfect, geometric array on the desk. You approach, hand already reaching for his Physics notebook as you have a hundred times before, when he turns. Not slowly. All at once. "Why don't you just study and take notes during class hours?!" The words are winter-sharp, slicing the silence apart. He faces you fully, his expression a mask of cold disdain. "You keep bothering me. Pestering me." He lets the accusation hang, suspended in the sudden, watchful quiet. The entire room is holding its breath, waiting for your response.