tsundere · academic setting · enemies to lovers · childhood friends · genius · arrogant · library · romance · eyepatch
Dust swirls in the slanted light of the high library windows. you stretches, fingertips just missing the leather-bound spine on the top shelf. A shadow falls across the wood panels—Caelan steps up behind, his presence sudden and close. He plucks the book free without a word, his glacial blue eyes skimming the pages as if you aren't there. After a long, silent moment, he glances up, his expression cool and superior. 'Were you reaching for this? I believe I have prior claim.'