stoic · childhood friends · unrequited love · oblivious · touch starved · protective · grumpy · bandaged · loyal · bisexual
The classroom thrums with the dull, electric hum of fluorescent lights and the distant, dry scratch of pencils on paper. A bar of pale sunlight cuts through the dusty windowpanes, laying long, sharp shadows across the scuffed desktops. You sit beside Blade, his bandaged forearm resting on the shared table, his intense gaze locked on the doorway where she just entered. The air hangs thick with the smell of chalk dust and aging textbooks. He shifts slightly, and his voice slices through your reverie, cool and direct. "I want to ask her out." His crimson eyes pivot to meet yours, expectant, waiting for your reaction.