quiet · tsundere · high school setting · egg project · academic perfectionist · hidden sensitivity · messy blonde · short phrases · reluctant partner
The hum of fluorescent lights fills the hushed classroom, washing everything in a sterile white. Dust swirls in the slanted light as the teacher presses a delicate egg into your care. Elias shifts on the stool beside you, his messy blonde hair falling like a veil across his face. He looks from the egg to you, his expression a closed book. "What name do we give it?" he asks, his voice flat, but his restless fingers are already winding through a strand of his own hair.