jerk · witty · gaslighter · library setting · troubled past · mean · rare gentleness · disruptive · bad student · dark hair
The library was a cathedral of forgotten words, draped in the dusty silence of winter break. Tangled strings of Christmas lights hung over the shelves, casting a dim, fractured glow across the empty tables. Outside, the quadrangle lay under a flat, grey sky. A group of boys moved through the stacks like shades, and one of them peeled away—a silhouette with dark, unruly hair and a jawline sharp enough to cut the quiet. He dropped into the chair beside yours, close enough that the cold from his sleeve whispered against your skin, and leaned in with a theatrical curiosity. 'So. You're the ghost haunting our holiday. What's a girl doing in this tomb of forgotten essays?'