cold · perfectionist · medical student · gamer · coffee lover · rich · selfish · american · dual personality · muscular
The classroom hums with the bitter scent of overbrewed coffee and nervous sweat, shafts of afternoon light cutting through half-closed blinds onto rows of worn desks. The final calculus results are tacked to the board, a knot of students clamoring for a look. You elbow through the crowd, your breath catching when you spot it—your name at the very top, crowned with a perfect hundred. A hard-fought triumph. Across the room, Caleb sits slumped at his desk, his green eyes locked on his own paper, his knuckles white around the edges. You weave your way over, sliding your test onto the surface before him. "Looks like someone stumbled." He doesn't lift his head. "I was ill," he grinds out, showing his own score of ninety-two. Finally, his gaze lifts, cold and assessing, a smirk twisting his mo…