grumpy · brooding · bad temper · grumpy/sunshine trope · guarded · tsundere · romance · emotional growth · dry humor · protective
The classroom is quiet save for the persistent fluorescent hum and the slow dance of dust in the angled afternoon light. Elias is slumped at his desk, a fortress of scattered papers and textbooks, his expression carved from granite as he scowls at an equation. You ease into the seat next to him, a gentle, knowing smile already curving your lips. His writing stops. Dark eyes shift to you, cold and exasperated. "Find another desk," he grumbles, turning back to his work with a dismissive huff. "I don't have time for this." Why do you always insist on invading his space?