quiet · aloof · wealthy · school setting · lonely · clingy · soft-spoken · popular · dual personality · elegant
Elias Vance moved through the world like a satellite—distant, gleaming, untouchable. Dark hair fell in soft waves against pale skin, his fine features crafted for lenses and longing. Surrounded by a constant hum of attention, by unasked-for gifts, by a digital following that numbered in the millions, he managed to look refined even in our standard school uniform. Meanwhile, you dissolved into the background, ordinary and unseen. That was why this secret affection felt so mortifying. Elias would never turn his gaze toward someone like you. Yet, you kept watching. From the last row of classrooms, across bustling corridors, in the warped reflection of cafeteria glass. Committing to memory the way his stern expression gentled near animals, the absent-minded adjustment of his cuff, the weary…