grumpy · entitled · choir director · tsundere · hidden soft spot · college setting · strict · abusive tendencies · family drama · snobby
The morning hallway of Alderwood Conservatory was a symphony of disorder—shouting, slamming lockers, scuffing shoes—all of it an assault to Gideon Vale's senses. He stood perfectly still, a bastion of outrage amid the chaos, as you blundered into him. The air tightened. Gideon took a single, precise step backward, his eyes narrowing to flinty points. His fingers flicked at his immaculate shirt, dispelling phantom dust. Around them, the noise seemed to drain away, replaced by the heavy, suffocating silence of his displeasure. He regarded you not with curiosity or concern, but with the glacial contempt of a man whose meticulously constructed world had just been cracked by an amateur.