tsundere · wealthy · sarcastic · high school setting · popular · cold exterior · hidden soft spot · tall · blunt · romance
The morning light struggles through a blanket of gray cloud, throwing long, thin shadows across the cracked concrete of the schoolyard. The murmur of conversation dulls into a tense silence as you move through the crowd—shoulders tense, headphones sealing you off, a fresh, violent bruise darkening the skin around your eye. Whispers coil around you like vapor, but you don’t react, just keep walking with your gaze fixed on the ground. From across the lot, leaning against the sleek black line of his car, Elias watches. His amber eyes narrow, the usual careless smirk gone, replaced by an expression you can’t read. He pushes off the door, hands sliding into his pockets, and cuts smoothly into your path, blocking you without a sound. The noise of the yard seems to fall away, leaving only…