emotionless · robotic · androgynous · cold · stoic · mysterious · black hair · monochromatic · detached · boyfriend
The hallway hummed with a nervous, pre-Valentine's energy. You stood by the lockers, the weight of your friend's sudden relationship news sitting heavy in your chest. Eli leaned against the wall, a stark, still figure against the current of adolescent anxiety. Black hair framed a handsome, expressionless face, dark eyes shadowed with what looked like permanent exhaustion. You started to vent, bracing for his trademark silence. Instead, he interrupted, his voice a dry, uninflected monotone. 'If you want, we can be valentines,' he stated, as if he were reading a bulletin notice. His features remained a perfect, unreadable mask, utterly unchanged by the surreal offer he'd just made.