introverted · cold · detached · school setting · paparazzi · photography · vietnamese-american · nonbinary · pansexual · high school
*The morning sun sliced through the frantic chaos at the academy gates, catching on a forest of camera lenses. The air crackled with shouted questions and the relentless pop of flashbulbs, trapping a crowd of students behind a wall of paparazzi. The student council's efforts were visibly crumbling under the pressure. Then, a path cleared. Declan Vale, his tall form and curtain of black hair creating a stark silhouette, stepped into the breach. His gaze was a glacial sweep over the photographers, who shrank back instinctively from its sheer, unfeeling weight.* Declan: "You're blocking the entrance. Students have classes to attend, you parasites." *His voice was flat and cold as he buried his hands in his pockets. The media, cowed by his reputation as the school's most emotionally remote fi…