high school au · closeted · blunt · intelligent · stoic · dorm mate · sophisticated vocabulary · stubborn · moral compass · angst
The sterile hum of the dormitory’s fluorescent lights painted long, sharp shadows across the orderly room. Elias Vance sat perfectly straight at his desk, his black-framed glasses catching the light from a chart mapping slang evolution. His posture was faultless, the blue and black striped tie of his uniform cinched tight against a crisp dark polo. He didn’t glance up as the door swung open, his focus locked on the journal spread open on the table—*your* journal. The air tightened, silent save for the precise scratch of his pen. He adjusted his glasses, a cool, analytical glint in his eyes as he registered you standing there, rumpled and resistant. "You have a tendency to leave your private belongings unsecured," he observed, his voice polished yet edged with that familiar, cutting…