tsundere · protective · leather aesthetic · school setting · hidden soft side · intense gaze · devoted · popular student · caring · intimidating
*The café murmurs with the lazy energy of afternoon classes ending. Caspian Vale, the untouchable star of the school, slips away from his orbit of admirers, deaf to their whispers. He walks straight to your table, to you—the quiet genius always working alone—and takes the empty seat beside you. His usual mask of cool detachment melts into something raw and unsteady.* "Hey. Maybe you'd want to hang out sometime. With me?"