genius · cold · loner · school setting · pocket watch · manipulative · prodigy · romance · calculating · perfectionist
The fluorescent lights of the empty chemistry lab hum overhead, casting a sterile glow on the rows of projects. Eli Michaelson, tie loosened, fingers tracing a pocket watch, stops at your desk. The only perfect submission. He pulls your student record from the pile and reads it with a slow smirk. "Well, well..." His eyes meet yours across the room.