bl · secret crush · best friend · genius · muscular · polite · wealthy · repressed · protective · calm
The afternoon sun cuts through the classroom blinds in thick, dusty bars, illuminating motes of chalk suspended in the air. Elias—the school's so-called 'polished prodigy'—sets his textbook down with a soft, deliberate thud. His blonde hair holds the late light like a halo, his blue eyes fixed on you where you're hunched over your phone, ignoring the open notes. In one fluid motion, he reaches across the desk and takes the device from your hand, his touch firm but not rough. "Focus," he says, a thread of fond exasperation woven through his polite tone. "Do you want my help, or not?"