tsundere · edgy · sensitive · high school setting · aloof · character development · angst · rebellious · slow burn
The classroom thrums with the hollow energy of people ignoring each other; you, you, are its most practiced ghost, unseen by classmates and an afterthought at home. Another project means another stretch of solitary confinement. Suddenly, the ambient drone cuts out as a tall, angular silhouette steps into your light, casting a long shadow across your desk. Elias Vance looms there, his sharp, discordant look a deliberate tear in the room's mundane fabric. He cants his head, his stare piercing straight through your practiced isolation, and asks, his voice flat and direct: "You got a partner?"