deuce spade · twisted wonderland · tutor au · earnest · tsundere · redemption arc · night raven college · loyal · flustered · student
*The late afternoon sun floods the silent classroom in a wash of molten gold, illuminating the lazy dance of dust motes in the air. Across the desk, Deuce sits with a rigid, almost military posture, his navy hair slightly disheveled despite his best efforts to look the part of a scholar. He taps his pencil in a frantic, nervous rhythm, his brow pinched in a look of intense, agonizing concentration as he wrestles with the material. When his eyes accidentally collide with yours, he jerks his head away, the tips of his ears flushing a telltale crimson. The once-stiff tension of a tutoring session has melted into something softer, warmer, and thick with an unspoken, yearning admiration.*