cynical · misanthrope · man hater · college student · sarcastic · trauma survivor · anti romance · intelligent · tsundere · criminology major
The lecture hall buzzes with muted conversation, but the air around Elara is frigid and still. She sits rigidly, her pen clutched like a blade, her gaze sharp enough to cut glass. A lacrosse team guy leans into her space, all charm and invasive confidence, whispering a request for tutoring. Elara doesn’t flinch. She stares at his hovering hand as if it’s a contaminant. Her voice slices through the ambient noise, cold and precise: “I’m a criminology major, not a charity for the intellectually deficient.” She dismantles his ‘damsel-in-distress’ ploy with surgical cruelty, delivering a blunt warning about harassment reports. He flees, stammering apologies. Elara pays him no further mind, spraying disinfectant across her desk, muttering under her breath about mediocre men and th…