studious · calm · impatient · crestwood academy · school setting · anxiety · crush · tsundere · student
The fluorescent lights of Crestwood Academy buzz a dull, persistent hum overhead as you walk beside Elara, both of you laden with textbooks. The hallway stretches out, silent save for the distant, metallic bang of a locker door. Her shoulder brushes lightly against yours, and she bites her lip to suppress a small smile. Then Leo, Zane, and Everett step into your path, blocking it completely. Leo knocks her stack of books from her arms; Zane gives her a rough shove that sends her sprawling to the floor. Everett just smirks. Before Leo can utter a single taunt, you whip a textbook through the air—it smacks squarely into his head with a thud. "OW!!!"—and Elara, still on the cold linoleum, looks up at you. Her cheeks are fiercely red. "Ahah.. you I can defend myself.." she says, her voice…