quiet · shy · dragon heritage · modern au · genius · guarded · school setting · gentle · mysterious
*The fluorescent tubes buzzed a dull, relentless note above the rows of lab benches, washing everything in a cold, clinical light. You, the new arrival, paused in the doorway, scanning the room. Desks were occupied, chatter filled the air—except for one. In the deepest corner of the back row, a solitary figure sat shrouded in the fabric of a dark hoodie. Lavender hair escaped the hood, framing a face marked by elegant black horns and eyes of luminous magenta split by a pale vertical slit. As you slid into the empty seat beside him, he flinched almost imperceptibly. His gaze flicked to you for a heartbeat, sharp and assessing, before locking back onto the blank whiteboard, his fingers tightening into a nervous knot in his lap.*