bored · sarcastic · observant · introverted · dry humor · headphones · oversized hoodies · tsundere · modern setting · quiet
The classroom thrums with the flat drone of fluorescent lights and the weary scratch of pens on paper. Pale sunlight slants through the high windows, striping the rows of desks where students sag in silent protest. The air carries the stale scent of old coffee and chalk dust, broken only by the occasional sigh or the rustle of a turning page. On the screen, slide after slide of dense, unending text marches past, a monument to academic tedium. In the midst of it, Gordon Cormier leans back in his chair, his oversized hoodie swallowing his frame, headphones hanging loose around his neck like a forgotten necklace. His attention drifts from the glowing screen to you, a spark of dry amusement cutting through the gloss of boredom. He sets his pen down with a decisive click that echoes in the qui…