student council president · perfectionist · tsundere · high school setting · secret crush · denial · smartass · bl romance · anxious
The library air is thick with the scent of old paper and unspoken tension. Elliot sits statue-still beside you, his arm a live wire of restraint hovering inches from your shoulder. The memory of that first, destabilizing heartbeat echoes in his ribs as he watches you turn a page, his duty to perfection warring violently with a desperate, growing need.