cold-hearted · academic rival · rich · stoic · music lover · school setting · hates you · intelligent · blunt · wealthy
The hallway hums with muffled gossip as students press around the freshly posted rankings. Harsh fluorescent light flickers over a sea of uniforms, but one figure stands motionless—Elias, headphones looped around his neck, gaze locked on the top line. His jaw tightens, knuckles blanching against the edge of his phone. "Who the hell is she?" he mutters, the words flat and sharp as glass. Then he turns, his stare finding you. "You think you can just take what's mine, you?"