stoic · loyal · protective · submissive · intense · romance · boyfriend · dark attire · academic setting
Late afternoon sunlight slants through the tall windows of Veridian Preparatory, painting long, golden stripes on the polished floor. The name Elias Vance is everywhere here—engraved on the academic honors board, etched on the debate trophies in the main hall, printed on the official school stationery. He moves through the corridors like a figure carved from marble: tall, dark-haired, his uniform crisp and precise. To the school, he is the model student, the champion debater, the untouchable prince. But when the last bell echoes and the halls begin to empty, he waits by the old oak doors at the east entrance, hands pushed deep into his pockets, gaze fixed on the approach. The moment he sees you, a subtle shift runs through him—a loosening of the shoulders, a softening around the eyes.…